Which to use
“karge” is a verb and “Katze” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,815
- “karge” frequency rank
- #2,659
- “Katze” frequency rank
- 52474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | karge | Katze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kargen | in zahlreichen Rassen gezüchtetes, dem Menschen verbundenes, anschmiegsames Haustier (Felis silvestris catus) |
Where the eye mixes karge and Katze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. karge and Katze follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between karge and Katze
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: karge is [ˈkaʁɡə] while Katze is [ˈkat͡sə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
karge is recorded at frequency rank #49,815, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkaʁɡə]. Katze is at rank #2,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkat͡sə].
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 52474, this pair ranks #1,095,410 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of karge vs Katze
Shared letters: aek. Private to "karge": gr. Private to "Katze": tz.
"karge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Katze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "karge" and "Katze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "karge" or "Katze" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "karge" and "Katze" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "karge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Katze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,095,410 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "karge" and "Katze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "karge vs Kartei". 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 #1,095,410 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.