keepervsKörperWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“keeper” and “Körper” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,596
“keeper” frequency rank
#862
“Körper” frequency rank
19458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature keeper Körper
Definition Kurzform für goal keeper/ der Torhüter Organismus eines Lebewesens in seiner Gesamtheit

Where the eye mixes keeper and Körper

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
keeper
6 ch
Körper

Look-alike desk: keeper vs Körper

A purely visual mix-up. keeper ([ˈkiːpəʳ]) and Körper ([ˈkœʁpɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

keeper is recorded at frequency rank #18,596, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkiːpəʳ]. Körper is at rank #862, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkœʁpɐ].

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 19458, this pair ranks #1,908,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of keeper vs Körper

Shared letters: ekpr. Private to "keeper": -. Private to "Körper": ö.

"keeper" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Körper" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • keeperekeper · keeepr · keeperr · keepper · keepre · kepeer · keper · kkeeper

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "keeper" for "Körper" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkiːpəʳ] versus [ˈkœʁpɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "keeper" vs "Körper" - which ranks higher?
"Körper" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #862 in our German list, against #18,596 for "keeper". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "keeper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Körper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,908,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "keeper" and "Körper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "keeper vs Kerpen". 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 #1,908,125 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