Köllevsyou'reWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Kölle is a name, you're is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kölle” is a name and “you're” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,855
“Kölle” frequency rank
#15,006
“you're” frequency rank
64861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kölle you're
Definition deutscher Nachname, Familienname „you are, 2. Person Singular:“ du bist

Letter map: Kölle vs you're

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kölle and you're apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Kölle (CVCCV) and you're (VVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Kölle
6 ch
you're

Grammar separator: Kölle vs you're

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kölle is aname and you'reanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kölle is recorded at frequency rank #49,855, classified as aname, pronounced […]. you're is at rank #15,006, tagged as anabbrev, 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 64861, this pair ranks #626,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Kölle vs you're

Shared letters: e. Private to "Kölle": klö. Private to "you're": oruy.

"Kölle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "you're" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kölle" and "you're" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kölle" is a name and "you're" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Kölle" vs "you're" - which ranks higher?
"you're" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,006 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kölle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "you're" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #626,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kölle" and "you're" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #626,691 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