KlingervsprincessTell them apart

Quick tell: Klinger is a name, princess is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Klinger” is a name and “princess” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,126
“Klinger” frequency rank
#23,666
“princess” frequency rank
54792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Klinger princess
Definition deutscher Nachname ein weibliches Mitglied der königlichen Familie; Prinzessin, die Königstochter

Letter map: Klinger vs princess

Shared letters muted; letters that set Klinger and princess apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Klinger runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against princess's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Klinger
8 ch
princess

Role in the sentence - Klinger and princess

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Klinger is aname and princessanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Klinger is recorded at frequency rank #31,126, classified as aname, pronounced […]. princess is at rank #23,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 54792, this pair ranks #1,004,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Klinger vs princess

Shared letters: einr. Private to "Klinger": gkl. Private to "princess": cps.

"Klinger" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "princess" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Klingerkilnger · kklinger · kligner · klinegr · klingerr · klingger · klingre · klinnger
  • princesspirncess · pprincess · pricness · princcess · princes · princeß · princses · prinecss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Klinger" for "princess" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Klinger" is a name and "princess" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Klinger" or "princess" show up more?
"princess" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,666 in our German list, against #31,126 for "Klinger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Klinger" vs "princess" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Klinger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "princess" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,004,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Klinger" and "princess" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Klinger 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 #1,004,867 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