KindervsKöderWhich spelling fits?

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

#230
“Kinder” frequency rank
#22,410
“Köder” frequency rank
22640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kinder Köder
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kind Objekt, welches Tiere dazu bringt, sich ihm anzunähern und/oder es zu fressen

Where the eye mixes Kinder and Köder

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

6 ch
Kinder
5 ch
Köder

Visual trap between Kinder and Köder

A purely visual mix-up. Kinder ([ˈkɪndɐ]) and Köder ([ˈkøːdɐ]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kinder is recorded at frequency rank #230, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɪndɐ]. Köder is at rank #22,410, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkøːdɐ].

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 22640, this pair ranks #1,871,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kinder vs Köder

Shared letters: dekr. Private to "Kinder": in. Private to "Köder": ö.

"Kinder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Köder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kinderiknder · kidner · kindder · kinderr · kindre · kinedr · kinnder · kkinder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kinder" and "Köder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkɪndɐ] versus [ˈkøːdɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Kinder" or "Köder"?
"Kinder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #230 in our German list, against #22,410 for "Köder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Kinder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Köder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,871,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kinder" and "Köder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Köder vs ködern". 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 #1,871,633 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