KöllevsleaksWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Kölle is a name, leaks is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kölle” is a name and “leaks” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#28,748
“leaks” frequency rank
78603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle leaks
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs leak

Letter map: Kölle vs leaks

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and leaks apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
Kölle
5 ch
leaks

Grammar separator: Kölle vs leaks

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and leaksaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. leaks is at rank #28,748, tagged as averb, 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 78603, this pair ranks #234,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs leaks

Shared letters: ekl. Private to "Kölle": ö. Private to "leaks": as.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "leaks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • leakselaks · laeks · leakks · leakss · leask · lekas · lleaks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Kölle" for "leaks" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "leaks" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Kölle" or "leaks" show up more?
"leaks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,748 in our German list, against #49,855 for "Kölle". 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 "Kölle" and "leaks".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "leaks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,597 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "leaks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle 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 #234,597 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