KindvskitaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#458
“Kind” frequency rank
#6,443
“kita” frequency rank
6901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kind kita
Definition heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher wir

Letter map: Kind vs kita

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

4 ch
Kind
4 ch
kita

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kind is anoun and kitaapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kind is recorded at frequency rank #458, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɪnt]. kita is at rank #6,443, tagged as apron, 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 6901, this pair ranks #1,990,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kind vs kita

Shared letters: ik. Private to "Kind": dn. Private to "kita": at.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kindiknd · kidn · kindd · kinnd · kkind · knid
  • kitaikta · kiat · kitta · kkita · ktia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Kind" and "kita" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kind" is a noun and "kita" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Kind" or "kita"?
"Kind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #458 in our German list, against #6,443 for "kita". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,990,079 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kind" and "kita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kita 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list