kidsvsmotocrossConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
54619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids motocross
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid Motocross

Letter map: kids vs motocross

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and motocross apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. kids runs 4 letters (CVCC) against motocross's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
kids
9 ch
motocross

Part-of-speech tell for kids / motocross

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and motocrossanoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. motocross is at rank #49,906, tagged as anoun, 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 54619, this pair ranks #1,011,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs motocross

Shared letters: s. Private to "kids": dik. Private to "motocross": cmort.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kids ← ikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kids" and "motocross" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "motocross" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kids" or "motocross" show up more?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "kids" vs "motocross" 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 "motocross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,011,777 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "motocross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #1,011,777 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