Which to use
“cost” is a noun and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,668
- “cost” frequency rank
- #520
- “ii” frequency rank
- 28188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cost | ii |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Kosten | Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is |
Letter map: cost vs ii
Shared letters muted; letters that set cost and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Part-of-speech tell for cost / ii
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cost is anoun and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cost is recorded at frequency rank #27,668, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 28188, this pair ranks #1,789,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cost vs ii
Shared letters: none. Private to "cost": cost. Private to "ii": i.
"cost" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cost ← ccost · cosst · costt · cots · csot · ocst
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cost" and "ii" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "cost" or "ii" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "cost" vs "ii" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cost" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,789,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cost" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cost 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 #1,789,056 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.