Which to use
“Kürbis” and “Kurie” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,309
- “Kürbis” frequency rank
- #33,692
- “Kurie” frequency rank
- 52001
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kürbis | Kurie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (aus den Tropen Amerikas stammende) einjährige, kriechende oder rankende Pflanze mit großen, gelappten Blättern, großen, trichterförmigen gelben Blüten und teils sehr großen, dicken, zumeist kugelförmigen, saftreichen, gelben oder orangefarbenen Früchten | Sitz der päpstlichen Regierung oder einer bischöflichen Verwaltung, einschließlich des päpstlichen Gerichtshofes |
Where the eye mixes Kürbis and Kurie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Kürbis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against Kurie's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Kürbis with Kurie
A purely visual mix-up. Kürbis ([ˈkʏʁbɪs]) and Kurie ([ˈkuːʁiə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kürbis is recorded at frequency rank #18,309, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʏʁbɪs]. Kurie is at rank #33,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkuːʁiə].
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 52001, this pair ranks #1,113,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Kürbis vs Kurie
Shared letters: ikr. Private to "Kürbis": bsü. Private to "Kurie": eu.
"Kürbis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Kurie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Kurie ← kkurie · kruie · kuire · kurei · kurrie · ukrie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Kürbis" and "Kurie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Kürbis" or "Kurie"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Kürbis" and "Kurie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kürbis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kurie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,113,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kürbis" and "Kurie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "karge vs Kurie". 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 #1,113,736 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.