Which to use
“kent” is a verb and “Kette” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,409
- “kent” frequency rank
- #4,283
- “Kette” frequency rank
- 17692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kent | Kette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ken | Reihe aus beweglichen, ineinandergefügten Gliedern |
Letter map: kent vs Kette
Shared letters muted; letters that set kent and Kette apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for kent / Kette
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kent is averb and Ketteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kent is recorded at frequency rank #13,409, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kette is at rank #4,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɛtə].
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 17692, this pair ranks #1,925,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kent vs Kette
Shared letters: ekt. Private to "kent": n. Private to "Kette": -.
"kent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Kette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kent" for "Kette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "kent" vs "Kette" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "kent" vs "Kette" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "kent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,925,116 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kent" and "Kette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kent 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 #1,925,116 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.