Which to use
“Küsse” and “Küste” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,420
- “Küsse” frequency rank
- #3,978
- “Küste” frequency rank
- 17398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Küsse | Küste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kuss | Grenzsaum zwischen Land und Meer |
Where the eye mixes Küsse and Küste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Küsse and Küste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Küsse vs Küste
A purely visual mix-up. Küsse ([ˈkʏsə]) and Küste ([ˈkʏstə]) 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 a single letter - s in “Küsse” becomes t in “Küste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17398, 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]. Küste is at rank #3,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkʏstə].
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 17398, this pair ranks #1,927,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Küsse vs Küste
Shared letters: eksü. Private to "Küsse": -. Private to "Küste": t.
"Küsse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Küste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Küsse" and "Küste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Küsse" vs "Küste" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Küsse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Küste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,927,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Küsse" and "Küste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kaste vs Küsse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,927,745 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.