Which to use
“kat” is a noun and “kauft” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,950
- “kat” frequency rank
- #3,536
- “kauft” frequency rank
- 16486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kat | kauft |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Katze | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kaufen |
Letter map: kat vs kauft
Shared letters muted; letters that set kat and kauft apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - kat and kauft
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kat is anoun and kauftaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kat is recorded at frequency rank #12,950, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kauft is at rank #3,536, tagged as averb, pronounced [kaʊ̯ft].
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 16486, this pair ranks #1,935,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kat vs kauft
Shared letters: akt. Private to "kat": -. Private to "kauft": fu.
"kat" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "kauft" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kauft ← akuft · kafut · kaufft · kauftt · kautf · kkauft · kuaft
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "kat" vs "kauft" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "kat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kauft" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,935,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kat" and "kauft" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kat vs puzzles". 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 #1,935,436 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.