# kein vs Kerne

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### kein
*pronoun · IPA [kaɪ̯n] · frequency rank #119*
null, nichts, Null

### Kerne
*noun · IPA [ˈkɛʁnə] · frequency rank #21,313*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Kern

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kein-vs-kerne