kikavsKindTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#30,636
“kika” frequency rank
#458
“Kind” frequency rank
31094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kika Kind
Definition gucken heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher

Letter map: kika vs Kind

Shared letters muted; letters that set kika and Kind apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
kika
4 ch
Kind

Role in the sentence - kika and Kind

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kika is averb and Kindanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kika is recorded at frequency rank #30,636, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Kind is at rank #458, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɪnt].

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 31094, this pair ranks #1,734,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kika vs Kind

Shared letters: ik. Private to "kika": a. Private to "Kind": dn.

"kika" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Kind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kikaikka · kiak · kikka · kkia · kkika
  • Kindiknd · kidn · kindd · kinnd · kkind · knid

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kika" for "Kind" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kika" is a verb and "Kind" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "kika" vs "Kind" - which ranks higher?
"Kind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #458 in our German list, against #30,636 for "kika". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "kika" vs "Kind" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kika" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,734,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kika" and "Kind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kika 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 #1,734,921 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