Which to use
“kargen” is a verb and “Kragen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,627
- “kargen” frequency rank
- #10,682
- “Kragen” frequency rank
- 51309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kargen | Kragen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit etwas geizen, es nicht gerne teilen oder verschenken | den Hals einfassendes Teil der Kleidung |
Where the eye mixes kargen and Kragen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. kargen (CVCCVC) and Kragen (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: kargen vs Kragen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: kargen is [ˈkaʁɡn̩] while Kragen is [ˈkʁaːɡn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ar ↔ ra) - a transposition the eye reads straight past, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kargen is recorded at frequency rank #40,627, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkaʁɡn̩]. Kragen is at rank #10,682, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʁaːɡn̩].
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 51309, this pair ranks #1,140,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of kargen vs Kragen
Shared letters: aegknr. Private to "kargen": -. Private to "Kragen": -.
"kargen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Kragen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kargen" for "Kragen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "kargen" or "Kragen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "kargen" and "Kragen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kargen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kragen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,140,389 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kargen" and "Kragen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "karge vs kargen". 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 #1,140,389 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.