kidsvstuttiWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#38,461
“tutti” frequency rank
43174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids tutti
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto

Letter map: kids vs tutti

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

4 ch
kids
5 ch
tutti

Role in the sentence - kids and tutti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and tuttianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tutti is at rank #38,461, tagged as anadj, 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 43174, this pair ranks #1,426,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs tutti

Shared letters: i. Private to "kids": dks. Private to "tutti": tu.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • tuttittuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kids" for "tutti" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "tutti" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "kids" or "tutti"?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #38,461 for "tutti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "kids" and "tutti". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tutti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,426,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "tutti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tutti". 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 #1,426,352 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