Which to use
“Krause” is a noun and “kreise” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,683
- “Krause” frequency rank
- #5,508
- “kreise” frequency rank
- 16191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Krause | kreise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | welliger oder in Falten gelegter Stoff | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kreisen |
Where the eye mixes Krause and kreise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Krause and kreise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Krause vs kreise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Krause is [ˈkʁaʊ̯zə] while kreise is [ˈkʁaɪ̯zə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 16191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Krause is recorded at frequency rank #10,683, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʁaʊ̯zə]. kreise is at rank #5,508, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkʁaɪ̯zə].
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 16191, this pair ranks #1,937,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Krause vs kreise
Shared letters: ekrs. Private to "Krause": au. Private to "kreise": i.
"Krause" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "kreise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Krause" for "kreise" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Krause" or "kreise" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Krause" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kreise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,937,824 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Krause" and "kreise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Knaus vs Krause". 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 #1,937,824 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.