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“Koller” and “Körner” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,667
“Koller” frequency rank
#14,115
“Körner” frequency rank
35782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Koller Körner
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Where the eye mixes Koller and Körner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Koller and Körner follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Koller
6 ch
Körner

Look-alike desk: Koller vs Körner

A purely visual mix-up. Koller ([ˈkɔlɐ]) and Körner ([ˈkœʁnɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Koller is recorded at frequency rank #21,667, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɔlɐ]. Körner is at rank #14,115, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkœʁnɐ].

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 35782, this pair ranks #1,631,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Koller vs Körner

Shared letters: ekr. Private to "Koller": lo. Private to "Körner": nö.

"Koller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Körner" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Koller ← kkoller · kloler · kolelr · koler · kollerr · kollre · okller

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Koller" and "Körner" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkɔlɐ] versus [ˈkœʁnɐ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Koller" or "Körner"?
"Körner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,115 in our German list, against #21,667 for "Koller". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Koller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Körner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,631,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Koller" and "Körner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle vs Koller". 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 #1,631,670 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