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“Kärtchen” and “kitchen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,550
“Kärtchen” frequency rank
#27,372
“kitchen” frequency rank
74922
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kärtchen kitchen
Definition kleine Karte Raum um Essen zuzubereiten; Küche

Letter map: Kärtchen vs kitchen

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kärtchen and kitchen apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
Kärtchen
7 ch
kitchen

Corpus notes: Kärtchen and kitchen

Kärtchen and kitchen are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kärtchen is recorded at frequency rank #47,550, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɛʁtçən]. kitchen is at rank #27,372, tagged as anoun, 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 74922, this pair ranks #320,955 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kärtchen vs kitchen

Shared letters: cehknt. Private to "Kärtchen": . Private to "kitchen": i.

"Kärtchen" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCCVC  ·  "kitchen" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kitcheniktchen · kicthen · kitcchen · kitcehn · kitchenn · kitchhen · kitchne · kithcen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kärtchen" and "kitchen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Kärtchen" or "kitchen" show up more?
"kitchen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,372 in our German list, against #47,550 for "Kärtchen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Kärtchen" and "kitchen". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kärtchen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kitchen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,955 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kärtchen" and "kitchen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kärtchen vs Kerlchen". 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 #320,955 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