KontovskröntWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,980
“Konto” frequency rank
#49,028
“krönt” frequency rank
52008
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Konto krönt
Definition Datenstruktur, meist in Form einer Tabelle, die beliebig viele Zeilen und zwei Spalten (Soll und Haben) aufweist 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs krönen

Where the eye mixes Konto and krönt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Konto
5 ch
krönt

Why the eye confuses Konto with krönt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Konto is [ˈkɔnto] while krönt is [kʁøːnt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 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 52008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Konto is recorded at frequency rank #2,980, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɔnto]. krönt is at rank #49,028, tagged as averb, pronounced [kʁøːnt].

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 52008, this pair ranks #1,113,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Konto vs krönt

Shared letters: knt. Private to "Konto": o. Private to "krönt": .

"Konto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "krönt" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kontokkonto · knoto · konnto · konot · kontto · kotno · oknto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Konto" and "krönt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Konto" is a noun and "krönt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Konto" or "krönt" show up more?
"Konto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,980 in our German list, against #49,028 for "krönt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Konto" and "krönt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Konto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "krönt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,113,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Konto" and "krönt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kroate vs krönt". 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 #1,113,487 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