Which to use
“kacken” and “kucken” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,624
- “kacken” frequency rank
- #49,848
- “kucken” frequency rank
- 67472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kacken | kucken |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | seinen Darm entleeren | seine Augen auf etwas richten |
Where the eye mixes kacken and kucken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. kacken and kucken follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between kacken and kucken
A purely visual mix-up. kacken ([ˈkakn̩]) and kucken ([ˈkʊkn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “kacken” becomes u in “kucken”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kacken is recorded at frequency rank #17,624, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkakn̩]. kucken is at rank #49,848, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkʊkn̩].
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 67472, this pair ranks #539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of kacken vs kucken
Shared letters: cekn. Private to "kacken": a. Private to "kucken": u.
"kacken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "kucken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kacken" for "kucken" ever safe?
Frequency check: "kacken" vs "kucken" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "kacken" and "kucken" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kacken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kucken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kacken" and "kucken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kraken vs kucken". 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 #539,063 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.