kentvsKindTell them apart

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

Which to use

“kent” is a verb and “Kind” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,409
“kent” frequency rank
#458
“Kind” frequency rank
13867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kent Kind
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs ken heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher

Letter map: kent vs Kind

Shared letters muted; letters that set kent and Kind apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
kent
4 ch
Kind

Grammar separator: kent vs Kind

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kent is averb and Kindanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kent is recorded at frequency rank #13,409, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kind is at rank #458, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɪnt].

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 13867, this pair ranks #1,955,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kent vs Kind

Shared letters: kn. Private to "kent": et. Private to "Kind": di.

"kent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Kind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kenteknt · kentt · ketn · kkent · knet
  • Kindiknd · kidn · kindd · kinnd · kkind · knid

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "kent" and "Kind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kent" is a verb and "Kind" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kent" or "Kind" show up more?
"Kind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #458 in our German list, against #13,409 for "kent". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "kent" and "Kind". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,955,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kent" and "Kind" 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 #1,955,125 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