KellervsKellernWhat's the difference?

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

#2,208
“Keller” frequency rank
#38,845
“Kellern” frequency rank
41053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Keller Kellern
Definition unterirdischer Vorratsraum Dativ Plural des Substantivs Keller

Where the eye mixes Keller and Kellern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Keller
7 ch
Kellern

Look-alike desk: Keller vs Kellern

A purely visual mix-up. Keller ([ˈkɛlɐ]) and Kellern ([ˈkɛlɐn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Keller” sits inside “Kellern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Keller is recorded at frequency rank #2,208, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɛlɐ]. Kellern is at rank #38,845, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɛlɐn].

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 41053, this pair ranks #1,490,718 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Keller vs Kellern

Shared letters: eklr. Private to "Keller": -. Private to "Kellern": n.

"Keller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Kellern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kellerekller · kelelr · keler · kellerr · kellre · kkeller · kleler
  • Kellernekllern · kelelrn · kelern · kellernn · kellerrn · kellren · kkellern · klelern

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Keller" and "Kellern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkɛlɐ] versus [ˈkɛlɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Keller" or "Kellern" show up more?
"Keller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,208 in our German list, against #38,845 for "Kellern". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Keller" and "Kellern" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Keller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kellern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,490,718 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Keller" and "Kellern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kellern vs Keulen". 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 #1,490,718 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