kidsvsRefugeeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#45,541
“Refugee” frequency rank
50254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids Refugee
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste

Letter map: kids vs Refugee

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and Refugee apart highlighted. No shared letter run. kids runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Refugee's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
kids
7 ch
Refugee

Grammar separator: kids vs Refugee

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and Refugeeanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Refugee is at rank #45,541, 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 50254, this pair ranks #1,180,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs Refugee

Shared letters: none. Private to "kids": diks. Private to "Refugee": efgru.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Refugee" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • Refugeeerfugee · reffugee · refguee · refuege · refuge · refuggee · reufgee · rfeugee

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kids" for "Refugee" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "Refugee" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kids" or "Refugee" show up more?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #45,541 for "Refugee". 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 "Refugee" 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 "Refugee" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,180,686 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "Refugee" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Refugee". 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 #1,180,686 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