kidsvsLucasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#7,205
“Lucas” frequency rank
11918
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids Lucas
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid englischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: kids vs Lucas

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and Lucas apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. kids runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Lucas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
kids
5 ch
Lucas

Part-of-speech tell for kids / Lucas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and Lucasaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Lucas is at rank #7,205, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 11918, this pair ranks #1,967,231 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs Lucas

Shared letters: s. Private to "kids": dik. Private to "Lucas": aclu.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kids ← ikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • Lucas ← lcuas · llucas · luacs · lucass · luccas · lucsa · ulcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kids" and "Lucas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "Lucas" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kids" or "Lucas" show up more?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #7,205 for "Lucas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "kids" vs "Lucas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,967,231 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "Lucas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lucas 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 #1,967,231 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