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

#9,344
“come” frequency rank
#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
37938
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature come cora
Definition kommen 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar

Letter map: come vs cora

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

4 ch
come
4 ch
cora

Spelling & dictionary notes on come vs cora

come and cora 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 37938, 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]. cora is at rank #28,594, 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 37938, this pair ranks #1,577,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of come vs cora

Shared letters: co. Private to "come": em. Private to "cora": ar.

"come" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comeccome · cmoe · coem · comme · ocme
  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "come" for "cora" ever safe?
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.
Which is more common, "come" or "cora"?
"come" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,344 in our German list, against #28,594 for "cora". 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 "cora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "come" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,577,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "come" and "cora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #1,577,160 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