ke vs Klo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,973
“ke” frequency rank: #6,211
“Klo” frequency rank: 27184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ke	Klo
Definition	2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zum Verb kam	Toilette

Letter map: ke vs Klo

Shared letters muted; letters that set ke and Klo apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

Klo

Role in the sentence - ke and Klo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ke is averb and Kloanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ke is recorded at frequency rank #20,973, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Klo is at rank #6,211, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kloː].

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 27184, this pair ranks #1,805,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ke vs Klo

Shared letters: k. Private to "ke": e. Private to "Klo": lo.

"ke" · 2 letters · shape CV · "Klo" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ke" and "Klo" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ke" is a verb and "Klo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ke" or "Klo"?

"Klo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,211 in our German list, against #20,973 for "ke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ke" and "Klo".

Full dictionary entry for "ke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Klo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,805,922 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ke" and "Klo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ke vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,805,922 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.