Which to use
“kitchen” is a noun and “kriechen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,372
- “kitchen” frequency rank
- #18,960
- “kriechen” frequency rank
- 46332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kitchen | kriechen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Raum um Essen zuzubereiten; Küche | sich mit dem Bauch am Boden/in Bodennähe fortbewegen |
Letter map: kitchen vs kriechen
Shared letters muted; letters that set kitchen and kriechen apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. kitchen runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against kriechen's 8 (CCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for kitchen / kriechen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kitchen is anoun and kriechenaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kitchen is recorded at frequency rank #27,372, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kriechen is at rank #18,960, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkʁiːçn̩].
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 46332, this pair ranks #1,322,710 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of kitchen vs kriechen
Shared letters: cehikn. Private to "kitchen": t. Private to "kriechen": r.
"kitchen" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "kriechen" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kitchen" for "kriechen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "kitchen" or "kriechen" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "kitchen" vs "kriechen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "kitchen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kriechen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,322,710 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kitchen" and "kriechen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kitchen 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 #1,322,710 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.