KöllevslocationsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#44,053
“locations” frequency rank
93908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle locations
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname Plural des Substantivs location

Letter map: Kölle vs locations

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and locations apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
Kölle
9 ch
locations

Grammar separator: Kölle vs locations

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and locationsanoun. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. locations is at rank #44,053, tagged as anoun, 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 93908, this pair ranks #19,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs locations

Shared letters: l. Private to "Kölle": ekö. Private to "locations": acinost.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "locations" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • locationslcoations · llocations · loactions · locaitons · locatinos · locationns · locationss · locatiosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Kölle" and "locations" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "locations" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Kölle" or "locations" show up more?
"locations" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,053 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "Kölle" and "locations". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "locations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,881 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "locations" 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 #19,881 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