findsvsKölleTell them apart

Quick tell: finds is a verb, Kölle is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“finds” is a verb and “Kölle” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
59937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Kölle
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: finds vs Kölle

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and Kölle apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
Kölle

Role in the sentence - finds and Kölle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Kölleaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kölle is at rank #49,855, tagged as aname, 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 59937, this pair ranks #805,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Kölle

Shared letters: none. Private to "finds": dfins. Private to "Kölle": eklö.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "finds" and "Kölle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Kölle" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "Kölle" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "finds" and "Kölle". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #805,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Kölle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle 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 #805,799 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