KassierervskassiertWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Kassierer is a noun, kassiert is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kassierer” is a noun and “kassiert” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,748
“Kassierer” frequency rank
#9,744
“kassiert” frequency rank
26492
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kassierer kassiert
Definition die Kasse Führender Partizip Perfekt des Verbs kassieren

Where the eye mixes Kassierer and kassiert

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Kassierer runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCVC) against kassiert's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
Kassierer
8 ch
kassiert

Why the eye confuses Kassierer with kassiert

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kassierer is [kaˈsiːʁɐ] while kassiert is [kaˈsiːɐ̯t]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kassierer is recorded at frequency rank #16,748, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsiːʁɐ]. kassiert is at rank #9,744, tagged as averb, pronounced [kaˈsiːɐ̯t].

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 26492, this pair ranks #1,817,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kassierer vs kassiert

Shared letters: aeikrs. Private to "Kassierer": -. Private to "kassiert": t.

"Kassierer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "kassiert" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kassierer ← akssierer · kasierer · kasiserer · kasseirer · kassieerr · kassiererr · kassierre · kassierrer
  • kassiert ← akssiert · kasiert · kasisert · kasseirt · kassierrt · kassiertt · kassietr · kassiret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kassierer" and "kassiert" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kassierer" is a noun and "kassiert" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Kassierer" or "kassiert" show up more?
"kassiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,744 in our German list, against #16,748 for "Kassierer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kassierer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kassiert" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,817,210 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kassierer" and "kassiert" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kassiert vs kursiert". 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 #1,817,210 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