KrassenvspasteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,634
“Krassen” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
41699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Krassen paste
Definition weiblicher Vorname Paste

Letter map: Krassen vs paste

Shared letters muted; letters that set Krassen and paste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Krassen runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against paste's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Krassen
5 ch
paste

Part-of-speech tell for Krassen / paste

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Krassen is aname and pasteanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Krassen is recorded at frequency rank #17,634, classified as aname, pronounced […]. paste is at rank #24,065, tagged as anoun, 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 41699, this pair ranks #1,471,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Krassen vs paste

Shared letters: aes. Private to "Krassen": knr. Private to "paste": pt.

"Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Krassenkarssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen
  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Krassen" and "paste" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Krassen" is a name and "paste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Krassen" or "paste" show up more?
"Krassen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,634 in our German list, against #24,065 for "paste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Krassen" vs "paste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,471,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Krassen" and "paste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paste 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 #1,471,699 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