KlosvsKohTell them apart

Quick tell: Klos is a noun, Koh is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Klos” is a noun and “Koh” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,193
“Klos” frequency rank
#39,477
“Koh” frequency rank
68670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Klos Koh
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Klo Buch Kohelet

Letter map: Klos vs Koh

Shared letters muted; letters that set Klos and Koh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Klos runs 4 letters (CCVC) against Koh's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Klos
3 ch
Koh

Role in the sentence - Klos and Koh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Klos is anoun and Kohanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Klos is recorded at frequency rank #29,193, classified as anoun, pronounced [kloːs]. Koh is at rank #39,477, tagged as anabbrev, 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 68670, this pair ranks #500,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Klos vs Koh

Shared letters: ko. Private to "Klos": ls. Private to "Koh": h.

"Klos" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Koh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Klos ← kklos · kllos · kloss · klso · kols · lkos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Klos" and "Koh" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Klos" is a noun and "Koh" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Klos" or "Koh" show up more?
"Klos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,193 in our German list, against #39,477 for "Koh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Klos" and "Koh". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Klos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Koh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #500,594 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Klos" and "Koh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Koh 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 #500,594 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