Which to use
“king” and “Krieg” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,384
- “king” frequency rank
- #583
- “Krieg” frequency rank
- 3967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | king | Krieg |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | König | bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen mindestens zwei Parteien wie Staaten, ethnischen oder sozialen Gruppen |
Where the eye mixes king and Krieg
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between king and Krieg
A purely visual mix-up. king ([kɪŋ]) and Krieg ([kʁiːk]) 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 3967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
king is recorded at frequency rank #3,384, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɪŋ]. Krieg is at rank #583, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kʁiːk].
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 3967, this pair ranks #1,998,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of king vs Krieg
Shared letters: gik. Private to "king": n. Private to "Krieg": er.
"king" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Krieg" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "king" and "Krieg" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "king" or "Krieg" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "king" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Krieg" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,998,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "king" and "Krieg" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Knies vs Krieg". 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 #1,998,899 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.