Which to use
“Kölle” is a name and “temps” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,855
- “Kölle” frequency rank
- #37,813
- “temps” frequency rank
- 87668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kölle | temps |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | deutscher Nachname, Familienname | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs temp |
Letter map: Kölle vs temps
Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and temps apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Kölle (CVCCV) and temps (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - Kölle and temps
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and tempsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. temps is at rank #37,813, 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 87668, this pair ranks #77,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs temps
Shared letters: e. Private to "Kölle": klö. Private to "temps": mpst.
"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "temps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- temps ← etmps · temmps · tempps · tempss · temsp · tepms · tmeps · ttemps
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Kölle" for "temps" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Kölle" vs "temps" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Kölle" and "temps". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "temps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,450 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kölle" and "temps" 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 #77,450 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.