KräftenvsKrassenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Kräften is a noun, Krassen is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kräften” is a noun and “Krassen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,496
“Kräften” frequency rank
#17,634
“Krassen” frequency rank
25130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kräften Krassen
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Kraft weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: Kräften vs Krassen

Shared letters muted; letters that set Kräften and Krassen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Kräften and Krassen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Kräften
7 ch
Krassen

Part-of-speech tell for Kräften / Krassen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kräften is anoun and Krassenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kräften is recorded at frequency rank #7,496, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʁɛftn̩]. Krassen is at rank #17,634, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 25130, this pair ranks #1,837,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kräften vs Krassen

Shared letters: eknr. Private to "Kräften": ftä. Private to "Krassen": as.

"Kräften" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Krassen ← karssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kräften" and "Krassen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kräften" is a noun and "Krassen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Kräften" vs "Krassen" - which ranks higher?
"Kräften" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,496 in our German list, against #17,634 for "Krassen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Kräften" and "Krassen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kräften" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,837,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kräften" and "Krassen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Krassen vs puzzles". 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 #1,837,691 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