kimivsKindTell them apart

Which to use

“kimi” and “Kind” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,269
“kimi” frequency rank
#458
“Kind” frequency rank
35727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kimi Kind
Definition Chemie heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher

Letter map: kimi vs Kind

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

4 ch
kimi
4 ch
Kind

Spelling & dictionary notes on kimi vs Kind

kimi and Kind are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kimi is recorded at frequency rank #35,269, classified as anoun, 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 35727, this pair ranks #1,633,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of kimi vs Kind

Shared letters: ik. Private to "kimi": m. Private to "Kind": dn.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kimiikmi · kiim · kimmi · kkimi · kmii
  • Kindiknd · kidn · kindd · kinnd · kkind · knid

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kimi" for "Kind" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "kimi" vs "Kind" - which ranks higher?
"Kind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #458 in our German list, against #35,269 for "kimi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "kimi" and "Kind". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kimi" 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 #1,633,024 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kimi" and "Kind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kimi 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 #1,633,024 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