KöllevsmigrosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#32,671
“migros” frequency rank
82526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle migros
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs migri

Letter map: Kölle vs migros

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and migros apart highlighted. No shared letter run. Kölle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against migros's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Kölle
6 ch
migros

Part-of-speech tell for Kölle / migros

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and migrosaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. migros is at rank #32,671, 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 82526, this pair ranks #155,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs migros

Shared letters: none. Private to "Kölle": eklö. Private to "migros": gimors.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "migros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • migrosimgros · mgiros · miggros · migors · migross · migrros · migrso · mirgos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Kölle" for "migros" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "migros" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Kölle" or "migros" show up more?
"migros" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,671 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "Kölle" vs "migros" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "migros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,645 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "migros" 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 #155,645 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