kochevsKohWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#15,672
“koche” frequency rank
#39,477
“Koh” frequency rank
55149
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature koche Koh
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kochen Buch Kohelet

Letter map: koche vs Koh

Shared letters muted; letters that set koche and Koh apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. koche runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Koh's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
koche
3 ch
Koh

Role in the sentence - koche and Koh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: koche is averb and Kohanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

koche is recorded at frequency rank #15,672, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkɔxə]. 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 55149, this pair ranks #990,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of koche vs Koh

Shared letters: hko. Private to "koche": ce. Private to "Koh": -.

"koche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Koh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • koche ← kcohe · kkoche · kocche · koceh · kochhe · kohce · okche

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "koche" for "Koh" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "koche" is a verb and "Koh" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "koche" vs "Koh" - which ranks higher?
"koche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,672 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "koche" 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 #990,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "koche" 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 #990,884 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