kehrvsKohWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: kehr is a verb, Koh is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“kehr” is a verb and “Koh” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,440
“kehr” frequency rank
#39,477
“Koh” frequency rank
75917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kehr Koh
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kehren Buch Kohelet

Letter map: kehr vs Koh

Shared letters muted; letters that set kehr and Koh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. kehr runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Koh's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
kehr
3 ch
Koh

Grammar separator: kehr vs Koh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kehr is averb and Kohanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kehr is recorded at frequency rank #36,440, classified as averb, pronounced [keːɐ̯]. Koh is at rank #39,477, tagged as anabbrev, 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 75917, this pair ranks #296,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of kehr vs Koh

Shared letters: hk. Private to "kehr": er. Private to "Koh": o.

"kehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Koh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kehr ← ekhr · kehhr · kehrr · kerh · kher · kkehr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kehr" for "Koh" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kehr" is a verb and "Koh" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "kehr" or "Koh"?
"kehr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,440 in our German list, against #39,477 for "Koh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "kehr" and "Koh". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kehr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Koh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kehr" and "Koh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Koh 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 #296,225 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