kidsvsKinoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#1,974
“Kino” frequency rank
6687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids Kino
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid Gebäude oder Raum, in dem Filme auf einer Leinwand vorgeführt werden

Letter map: kids vs Kino

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and Kino apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. kids (CVCC) and Kino (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
kids
4 ch
Kino

Role in the sentence - kids and Kino

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and Kinoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kino is at rank #1,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkiːno].

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 6687, this pair ranks #1,990,778 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs Kino

Shared letters: ik. Private to "kids": ds. Private to "Kino": no.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Kino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • Kinoikno · kinno · kion · kkino · knio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "kids" and "Kino" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "Kino" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kids" or "Kino" show up more?
"Kino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,974 in our German list, against #4,713 for "kids". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "kids" and "Kino". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,990,778 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "Kino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kids 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 #1,990,778 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