KohvskotzWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#39,477
“Koh” frequency rank
#34,220
“kotz” frequency rank
73697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Koh kotz
Definition Buch Kohelet 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kotzen

Letter map: Koh vs kotz

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

3 ch
Koh
4 ch
kotz

Role in the sentence - Koh and kotz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Koh is anabbrev and kotzaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Koh is recorded at frequency rank #39,477, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. kotz is at rank #34,220, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɔt͡s].

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 73697, this pair ranks #353,277 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Koh vs kotz

Shared letters: ko. Private to "Koh": h. Private to "kotz": tz.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kotz ← kkotz · kotzz · kozt · ktoz · oktz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Koh" for "kotz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Koh" is an abbrev and "kotz" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Koh" or "kotz"?
"kotz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,220 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Koh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kotz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #353,277 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Koh" and "kotz" 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 #353,277 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