kevsPollockConfusable pair

Quick tell: ke is a verb, Pollock is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#20,973
“ke” frequency rank
#49,968
“Pollock” frequency rank
70941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ke Pollock
Definition 2. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ Nichtadmirativ Aktiv zum Verb kam deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: ke vs Pollock

Shared letters muted; letters that set ke and Pollock apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ke runs 2 letters (CV) against Pollock's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

2 ch
ke
7 ch
Pollock

Role in the sentence - ke and Pollock

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ke is averb and Pollockaname. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ke is recorded at frequency rank #20,973, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Pollock is at rank #49,968, tagged as aname, 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 70941, this pair ranks #431,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ke vs Pollock

Shared letters: k. Private to "ke": e. Private to "Pollock": clop.

"ke" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pollock ← opllock · plolock · pollcok · pollocck · pollockk · pollokc · polock · pololck

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ke" and "Pollock" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ke" is a verb and "Pollock" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ke" vs "Pollock" - which ranks higher?
"ke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,973 in our German list, against #49,968 for "Pollock". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ke" and "Pollock". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pollock" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #431,310 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ke" and "Pollock" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pollock 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 #431,310 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