# Kästchen vs Kätzchen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Kästchen
*noun · IPA [ˈkɛstçən] · frequency rank #25,637*
kleiner Kasten

### Kätzchen
*noun · IPA [ˈkɛt͡sçən] · frequency rank #14,345*
kleine Katze

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kastchen-vs-katzchen