KomikvskommeConfusable pair

Quick tell: Komik is a noun, komme is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Komik” is a noun and “komme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,069
“Komik” frequency rank
#1,231
“komme” frequency rank
27300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Komik komme
Definition Situation oder Handlung mit komischer Wirkung, die Lachen hervorrufen soll 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kommen

Where the eye mixes Komik and komme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Komik (CVCVC) and komme (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Komik
5 ch
komme

Look-alike desk: Komik vs komme

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Komik is [ˈkoːmɪk] while komme is [ˈkɔmə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Komik is recorded at frequency rank #26,069, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkoːmɪk]. komme is at rank #1,231, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkɔmə].

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 27300, this pair ranks #1,804,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Komik vs komme

Shared letters: kmo. Private to "Komik": i. Private to "komme": e.

"Komik" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "komme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Komik ← kkomik · kmoik · koimk · komikk · komki · kommik · okmik
  • komme ← kkomme · kmome · kome · komem · okmme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Komik" for "komme" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Komik" is a noun and "komme" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Komik" or "komme"?
"komme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,231 in our German list, against #26,069 for "Komik". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Komik" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "komme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,804,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Komik" and "komme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Koi vs Komik". 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 #1,804,025 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