Which to use
“food” is a noun and “kids” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,045
- “food” frequency rank
- #4,713
- “kids” frequency rank
- 11758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | food | kids |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jede Substanz die von Menschen, Pflanzen oder Tieren aufgenommen wird, um das Überleben und das Wachstum zu ermöglichen, Nahrung | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid |
Letter map: food vs kids
Shared letters muted; letters that set food and kids apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. food (CVVC) and kids (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - food and kids
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: food is anoun and kidsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
food is recorded at frequency rank #7,045, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. kids is at rank #4,713, tagged as averb, 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 11758, this pair ranks #1,968,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of food vs kids
Shared letters: d. Private to "food": fo. Private to "kids": iks.
"food" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "food" and "kids" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "food" or "kids" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "food" and "kids". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "food" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kids" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,968,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "food" and "kids" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "food 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 #1,968,075 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.