Which to use
“Kissen” is a noun and “küssen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,781
- “Kissen” frequency rank
- #6,445
- “küssen” frequency rank
- 14226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kissen | küssen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit weichem Füllmaterial befüllter Beutel zur Unterpolsterung und Stützung von Körperteilen; Accessoire in der Gestaltung der Wohnräume | mit den Lippen eine andere Person oder einen Gegenstand berühren, zum Zeichen der Liebe oder Verehrung; einen Kuss geben |
Where the eye mixes Kissen and küssen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Kissen and küssen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Kissen vs küssen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kissen is [ˈkɪsn̩] while küssen is [ˈkʏsn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “Kissen” becomes ü in “küssen”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kissen is recorded at frequency rank #7,781, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɪsn̩]. küssen is at rank #6,445, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkʏsn̩].
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 14226, this pair ranks #1,952,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Kissen vs küssen
Shared letters: ekns. Private to "Kissen": i. Private to "küssen": ü.
"Kissen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "küssen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Kissen ← ikssen · kisen · kisesn · kissenn · kissne · kißen · kkissen · ksisen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Kissen" and "küssen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Kissen" vs "küssen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Kissen" and "küssen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kissen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "küssen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,952,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kissen" and "küssen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kucken vs küssen". 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 #1,952,702 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.