kicktvsKlickWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,008
“kickt” frequency rank
#5,726
“Klick” frequency rank
49734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kickt Klick
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kicken kurz für Klicklaut

Where the eye mixes kickt and Klick

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
kickt
5 ch
Klick

Visual trap between kickt and Klick

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: kickt is [kɪkt] while Klick is [klɪk]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kickt is recorded at frequency rank #44,008, classified as averb, pronounced [kɪkt]. Klick is at rank #5,726, tagged as anoun, pronounced [klɪk].

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 49734, this pair ranks #1,200,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kickt vs Klick

Shared letters: cik. Private to "kickt": t. Private to "Klick": l.

"kickt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Klick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kicktikckt · kcikt · kicckt · kickkt · kicktt · kictk · kikct · kkickt
  • Klickkilck · kklick · klcik · klicck · klickk · klikc · kllick · lkick

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kickt" for "Klick" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kickt" is a verb and "Klick" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "kickt" vs "Klick" - which ranks higher?
"Klick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,726 in our German list, against #44,008 for "kickt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "kickt" and "Klick" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kickt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Klick" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,200,290 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kickt" and "Klick" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kickt vs killt". 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 #1,200,290 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