# kein vs key

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### key
*noun · IPA [kiː] · frequency rank #8,577*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kein-vs-key