kommevsKörbeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#1,231
“komme” frequency rank
#29,667
“Körbe” frequency rank
30898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature komme Körbe
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kommen Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Korb

Where the eye mixes komme and Körbe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. komme and Körbe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
komme
5 ch
Körbe

Look-alike desk: komme vs Körbe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: komme is [ˈkɔmə] while Körbe is [ˈkœʁbə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

komme is recorded at frequency rank #1,231, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkɔmə]. Körbe is at rank #29,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkœʁbə].

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 30898, this pair ranks #1,738,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of komme vs Körbe

Shared letters: ek. Private to "komme": mo. Private to "Körbe": brö.

"komme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Körbe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • komme ← kkomme · kmome · kome · komem · okmme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "komme" for "Körbe" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "komme" is a verb and "Körbe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "komme" vs "Körbe" - which ranks higher?
"komme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,231 in our German list, against #29,667 for "Körbe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "komme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Körbe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,738,909 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "komme" and "Körbe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kölle vs Körbe". 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 #1,738,909 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