Which to use
“Küsse” is a noun and “küssen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,420
- “Küsse” frequency rank
- #6,445
- “küssen” frequency rank
- 19865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Küsse | küssen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kuss | mit den Lippen eine andere Person oder einen Gegenstand berühren, zum Zeichen der Liebe oder Verehrung; einen Kuss geben |
Where the eye mixes Küsse and küssen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Küsse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against küssen's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Küsse with küssen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Küsse is [ˈkʏsə] while küssen is [ˈkʏsn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Küsse” sits inside “küssen”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Küsse is recorded at frequency rank #13,420, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʏsə]. küssen is at rank #6,445, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkʏsn̩].
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 19865, this pair ranks #1,903,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Küsse vs küssen
Shared letters: eksü. Private to "Küsse": -. Private to "küssen": n.
"Küsse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "küssen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Küsse" for "küssen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Küsse" or "küssen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Küsse" and "küssen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Küsse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "küssen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,903,776 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Küsse" and "küssen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kaste vs Küsse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,903,776 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.