kidsvsstopWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: kids is a verb, stop is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#6,109
“stop” frequency rank
10822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids stop
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid Aufforderung auf Verkehrszeichen, Drucktasten oder dergleichen zum Anhalten beziehungsweise zum sofortigen Beenden von etwas

Letter map: kids vs stop

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and stop apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. kids (CVCC) and stop (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
kids
4 ch
stop

Role in the sentence - kids and stop

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and stopanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stop is at rank #6,109, tagged as anintj, 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 10822, this pair ranks #1,973,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs stop

Shared letters: s. Private to "kids": dik. Private to "stop": opt.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • stopsotp · sstop · sttop · tsop

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kids" and "stop" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "stop" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "kids" or "stop"?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #6,109 for "stop". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "stop" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,973,145 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "stop" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stop". 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 #1,973,145 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