KödervsKodexTell them apart

Which to use

“Köder” and “Kodex” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,410
“Köder” frequency rank
#25,201
“Kodex” frequency rank
47611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Köder Kodex
Definition Objekt, welches Tiere dazu bringt, sich ihm anzunähern und/oder es zu fressen die Gesamtheit aller in einer Gesellschaft maßgebenden Vorschriften, Normen und Regeln (auch nicht schriftlich fixierte Normen)

Where the eye mixes Köder and Kodex

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Köder and Kodex follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Köder
5 ch
Kodex

Visual trap between Köder and Kodex

A purely visual mix-up. Köder ([ˈkøːdɐ]) and Kodex ([ˈkoːdɛks]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Köder is recorded at frequency rank #22,410, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkøːdɐ]. Kodex is at rank #25,201, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoːdɛks].

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 47611, this pair ranks #1,278,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Köder vs Kodex

Shared letters: dek. Private to "Köder": rö. Private to "Kodex": ox.

"Köder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Kodex" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kodex ← kdoex · kkodex · koddex · kodexx · kodxe · koedx · okdex

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Köder" and "Kodex" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkøːdɐ] versus [ˈkoːdɛks]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Köder" or "Kodex" show up more?
"Köder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,410 in our German list, against #25,201 for "Kodex". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Köder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kodex" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,278,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Köder" and "Kodex" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ködern vs Kodex". 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 #1,278,284 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