KohvskommTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#39,477
“Koh” frequency rank
#1,062
“komm” frequency rank
40539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Koh komm
Definition Buch Kohelet 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kommen

Letter map: Koh vs komm

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

3 ch
Koh
4 ch
komm

Part-of-speech tell for Koh / komm

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Koh is anabbrev and kommaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Koh is recorded at frequency rank #39,477, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. komm is at rank #1,062, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɔm].

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 40539, this pair ranks #1,505,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Koh vs komm

Shared letters: ko. Private to "Koh": h. Private to "komm": m.

"Koh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "komm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • komm ← kkomm · kmom · okmm

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Koh" for "komm" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Koh" is an abbrev and "komm" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Koh" vs "komm" - which ranks higher?
"komm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,062 in our German list, against #39,477 for "Koh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Koh" and "komm".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Koh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "komm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,505,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Koh" and "komm" 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 #1,505,533 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