KödervsKörperWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#22,410
“Köder” frequency rank
#862
“Körper” frequency rank
23272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Köder Körper
Definition Objekt, welches Tiere dazu bringt, sich ihm anzunähern und/oder es zu fressen Organismus eines Lebewesens in seiner Gesamtheit

Where the eye mixes Köder and Körper

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Köder runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Körper's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Köder
6 ch
Körper

Visual trap between Köder and Körper

A purely visual mix-up. Köder ([ˈkøːdɐ]) and Körper ([ˈkœʁpɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23272, 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]. Körper is at rank #862, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkœʁpɐ].

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 23272, this pair ranks #1,863,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Köder vs Körper

Shared letters: ekrö. Private to "Köder": d. Private to "Körper": p.

"Köder" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Körper" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Köder" and "Körper" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkøːdɐ] versus [ˈkœʁpɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Köder" vs "Körper" - which ranks higher?
"Körper" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #862 in our German list, against #22,410 for "Köder". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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 "Körper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,863,427 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Köder" and "Körper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Köder vs ködern". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,863,427 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