Which to use
“com” is an adverb and “cord” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,445
- “com” frequency rank
- #36,862
- “cord” frequency rank
- 47307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | com | cord |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | wie | längliches aus etwas zusammengedrehtes Ding, das beispielsweise als Gürtel getragen wird |
Letter map: com vs cord
Shared letters muted; letters that set com and cord apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for com / cord
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: com is anadverb and cordanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
com is recorded at frequency rank #10,445, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. cord is at rank #36,862, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɔː(r)d].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 47307, this pair ranks #1,288,941 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of com vs cord
Shared letters: co. Private to "com": m. Private to "cord": dr.
"com" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "cord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cord ← ccord · codr · cordd · corrd · crod · ocrd
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "com" and "cord" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "com" or "cord" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "com" and "cord". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "com" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,288,941 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "com" and "cord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carr vs cord". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,288,941 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.