googlesvsKraussTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#25,158
“googles” frequency rank
#22,803
“Krauss” frequency rank
47961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature googles Krauss
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs google deutscher Familienname

Letter map: googles vs Krauss

Shared letters muted; letters that set googles and Krauss apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. googles runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against Krauss's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
googles
6 ch
Krauss

Role in the sentence - googles and Krauss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: googles is averb and Kraussaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

googles is recorded at frequency rank #25,158, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Krauss is at rank #22,803, 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 47961, this pair ranks #1,265,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of googles vs Krauss

Shared letters: s. Private to "googles": eglo. Private to "Krauss": akru.

"googles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "Krauss" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • googlesggoogles · gogles · gogoles · googels · googgles · googless · googlles · googlse
  • Krausskaruss · kkrauss · krasus · krauß · krrauss · kruass · rkauss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "googles" and "Krauss" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "googles" is a verb and "Krauss" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "googles" or "Krauss" show up more?
"Krauss" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,803 in our German list, against #25,158 for "googles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "googles" and "Krauss". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "googles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Krauss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,265,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "googles" and "Krauss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "googles 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 #1,265,788 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