KrähevsKücheConfusable pair

Which to use

“Krähe” and “Küche” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,466
“Krähe” frequency rank
#1,813
“Küche” frequency rank
38279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Krähe Küche
Definition ein Rabenvogel mit starkem Schnabel (mittelgroße Arten der Gattung Corvus) der Bereich oder Raum in Wohnungen, Bürogebäuden, Unterkünften, in dem gekocht wird

Where the eye mixes Krähe and Küche

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

5 ch
Krähe
5 ch
Küche

Look-alike desk: Krähe vs Küche

A purely visual mix-up. Krähe ([ˈkʁɛːə]) and Küche ([ˈkʏçə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Krähe is recorded at frequency rank #36,466, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʁɛːə]. Küche is at rank #1,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʏçə].

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 38279, this pair ranks #1,568,047 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Krähe vs Küche

Shared letters: ehk. Private to "Krähe": . Private to "Küche": .

"Krähe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "Küche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Krähe" for "Küche" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkʁɛːə] versus [ˈkʏçə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Krähe" vs "Küche" - which ranks higher?
"Küche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,813 in our German list, against #36,466 for "Krähe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Krähe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Küche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,568,047 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Krähe" and "Küche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Krähe vs Kroate". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,568,047 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