KenvskundTell them apart

Quick tell: Ken is a noun, kund is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ken” is a noun and “kund” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,893
“Ken” frequency rank
#26,081
“kund” frequency rank
34974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ken kund
Definition eine von 43 Präfekturen Japans, das insgesamt in 47 Verwaltungsbezirke geteilt ist so, dass man es weiß

Letter map: Ken vs kund

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ken and kund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Ken
4 ch
kund

Part-of-speech tell for Ken / kund

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ken is anoun and kundanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ken is recorded at frequency rank #8,893, classified as anoun, 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 34974, this pair ranks #1,650,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ken vs kund

Shared letters: kn. Private to "Ken": e. Private to "kund": du.

"Ken" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "kund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kundkkund · knud · kudn · kundd · kunnd · uknd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ken" and "kund" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ken" is a noun and "kund" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Ken" or "kund" show up more?
"Ken" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,893 in our German list, against #26,081 for "kund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Ken" and "kund". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ken" 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 #1,650,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ken" 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 #1,650,991 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list