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“come” and “cops” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,344
“come” frequency rank
#13,118
“cops” frequency rank
22462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature come cops
Definition kommen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cop

Letter map: come vs cops

Shared letters muted; letters that set come and cops apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
come
4 ch
cops

Spelling & dictionary notes on come vs cops

come and cops are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

come is recorded at frequency rank #9,344, classified as averb, pronounced [kʌm]. cops is at rank #13,118, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 22462, this pair ranks #1,873,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of come vs cops

Shared letters: co. Private to "come": em. Private to "cops": ps.

"come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comeccome · cmoe · coem · comme · ocme
  • copsccops · copps · copss · cosp · cpos · ocps

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "come" and "cops" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "come" vs "cops" - which ranks higher?
"come" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,344 in our German list, against #13,118 for "cops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "come" and "cops". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "come" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,873,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "come" and "cops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cops vs puzzles". 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 #1,873,849 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list