kommt vs kot, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#128
“kommt” frequency rank: #17,056
“kot” frequency rank: 17184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	kommt	kot
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kommen	Katze, Kater (Felis silvestris)

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set kommt and kot apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

kommt

3 ch

kot

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: kommt is [kɔmt] while kot is [kɔt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kommt is recorded at frequency rank #128, classified as averb, pronounced [kɔmt]. kot is at rank #17,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɔt].

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 17184, this pair ranks #1,929,642 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kommt vs kot

Shared letters: kot. Private to "kommt": m. Private to "kot": -.

"kommt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "kot" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

kommt ← kkommt · kmomt · kommtt · komt · komtm · okmmt

Frequency comparison

kommt#128

kot#17,056

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kommt" and "kot" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kommt" is a verb and "kot" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "kommt" or "kot"?

"kommt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #128 in our German list, against #17,056 for "kot". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering kommt vs kot

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “kommt”; for a noun, it's “kot”.
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