KöllevstranslatedConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#46,336
“translated” frequency rank
96191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle translated
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs translate

Letter map: Kölle vs translated

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and translated apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Kölle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against translated's 10 (CCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Kölle
10 ch
translated

Part-of-speech tell for Kölle / translated

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and translatedaverb. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. translated is at rank #46,336, 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 96191, this pair ranks #8,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs translated

Shared letters: el. Private to "Kölle": kö. Private to "translated": adnrst.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "translated" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • translated ← rtanslated · tarnslated · tranlsated · trannslated · transalted · translaetd · translatde · translatedd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Kölle" for "translated" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "translated" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Kölle" or "translated"?
"translated" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,336 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 "translated".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "translated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,302 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "translated" 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 #8,302 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