kentvsKetteConfusable pair

Quick tell: kent is a verb, Kette is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

4 ch
kent
5 ch
Kette

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

  • kenteknt · kentt · ketn · kkent · knet
  • Ketteektte · kete · ketet · kkette · ktete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kent" for "Kette" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kent" is a verb and "Kette" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "kent" vs "Kette" - which ranks higher?
"Kette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,283 in our German list, against #13,409 for "kent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list