KrassenvsKrauseWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#17,634
“Krassen” frequency rank
#10,683
“Krause” frequency rank
28317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Krassen Krause
Definition weiblicher Vorname welliger oder in Falten gelegter Stoff

Letter map: Krassen vs Krause

Shared letters muted; letters that set Krassen and Krause apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Krassen runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against Krause's 6 (CCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Krassen
6 ch
Krause

Part-of-speech tell for Krassen / Krause

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Krassen is aname and Krauseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Krassen is recorded at frequency rank #17,634, classified as aname, pronounced […]. Krause is at rank #10,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʁaʊ̯zə].

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 28317, this pair ranks #1,786,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Krassen vs Krause

Shared letters: aekrs. Private to "Krassen": n. Private to "Krause": u.

"Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "Krause" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Krassen ← karssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen
  • Krause ← karuse · kkrause · krasue · kraues · krausse · krrause · kruase · rkause

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Krassen" and "Krause" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Krassen" is a name and "Krause" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Krassen" or "Krause" show up more?
"Krause" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,683 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Krause" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,786,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Krassen" and "Krause" 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 #1,786,921 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