Which to use
“kan” is a verb and “kund” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,843
- “kan” frequency rank
- #26,081
- “kund” frequency rank
- 40924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kan | kund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs kunna ^(→ sv) | so, dass man es weiß |
Letter map: kan vs kund
Shared letters muted; letters that set kan and kund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for kan / kund
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kan is averb and kundanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kan is recorded at frequency rank #14,843, classified as averb, pronounced […]. kund is at rank #26,081, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kʊnt].
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 40924, this pair ranks #1,494,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of kan vs kund
Shared letters: kn. Private to "kan": a. Private to "kund": du.
"kan" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "kund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kund ← kkund · knud · kudn · kundd · kunnd · uknd
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "kan" and "kund". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "kan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,494,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kan" and "kund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kang vs kund". 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 #1,494,398 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.