Which to use
“Kante” and “Karte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,076
- “Kante” frequency rank
- #1,203
- “Karte” frequency rank
- 12279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kante | Karte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | scharfer Rand, daher auch der Besatz an Stoffen, Kleidern | ein handlicher, planer, steifer aber nicht starrer, meist rechteckiger Gegenstand aus Karton, Pappe, Papier, Kunststoff, allenfalls Holz oder Metall |
Where the eye mixes Kante and Karte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Kante and Karte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Kante vs Karte
A purely visual mix-up. Kante ([ˈkantə]) and Karte ([ˈkaʁtə]) 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 - n in “Kante” becomes r in “Karte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kante is recorded at frequency rank #11,076, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkantə]. Karte is at rank #1,203, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaʁtə].
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 12279, this pair ranks #1,965,133 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Kante vs Karte
Shared letters: aekt. Private to "Kante": n. Private to "Karte": r.
"Kante" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Karte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Kante" for "Karte" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Kante" vs "Karte" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Kante" and "Karte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Karte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,965,133 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kante" and "Karte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kante vs karge". 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 #1,965,133 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.