kidsvsKussWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#5,861
“Kuss” frequency rank
10574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids Kuss
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid die Berührung der Lippen auf die Lippen oder beliebige andere Körperteile (einschließlich der Zunge und der Geschlechtsorgane) eines anderen Menschen oder einen, durch diese Geste geliebten oder verehrten Gegenstand

Letter map: kids vs Kuss

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and Kuss apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
kids
4 ch
Kuss

Role in the sentence - kids and Kuss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and Kussanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kuss is at rank #5,861, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kʊs].

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 10574, this pair ranks #1,974,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs Kuss

Shared letters: ks. Private to "kids": di. Private to "Kuss": u.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Kuss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • Kusskkuss · ksus · kus · kuß · ukss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kids" for "Kuss" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "Kuss" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "kids" vs "Kuss" - which ranks higher?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #5,861 for "Kuss". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "kids" and "Kuss".

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kuss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,974,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "Kuss" 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 #1,974,472 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