kimivskomWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: kimi is a noun, kom is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#35,269
“kimi” frequency rank
#26,482
“kom” frequency rank
61751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kimi kom
Definition Chemie Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs komme

Letter map: kimi vs kom

Shared letters muted; letters that set kimi and kom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
kimi
3 ch
kom

Part-of-speech tell for kimi / kom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kimi is anoun and komaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kimi is recorded at frequency rank #35,269, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kom is at rank #26,482, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈɡ̊ʰʌmˀ].

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 61751, this pair ranks #738,038 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kimi vs kom

Shared letters: km. Private to "kimi": i. Private to "kom": o.

"kimi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "kom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kimiikmi · kiim · kimmi · kkimi · kmii

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "kimi" and "kom" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kimi" is a noun and "kom" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kimi" or "kom" show up more?
"kom" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,482 in our German list, against #35,269 for "kimi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "kimi" and "kom".

  • Full dictionary entry for "kimi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #738,038 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kimi" and "kom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kimi 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 #738,038 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