kidsvsveraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#8,302
“vera” frequency rank
13015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kids vera
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kid wahr, regelrecht

Letter map: kids vs vera

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and vera apart highlighted. No shared letter run. kids (CVCC) and vera (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
kids
4 ch
vera

Part-of-speech tell for kids / vera

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and veraanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, classified as averb, pronounced […]. vera is at rank #8,302, 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 13015, this pair ranks #1,960,638 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs vera

Shared letters: none. Private to "kids": diks. Private to "vera": aerv.

"kids" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "vera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kids ← ikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • vera ← evra · vear · verra · vrea · vvera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kids" for "vera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "vera" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "kids" or "vera"?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #8,302 for "vera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,960,638 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" and "vera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vera". 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 #1,960,638 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