Which to use
“kings” and “kiss” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,669
- “kings” frequency rank
- #16,200
- “kiss” frequency rank
- 31869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kings | kiss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs king | Kuss |
Where the eye mixes kings and kiss
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. kings runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against kiss's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: kings vs kiss
A purely visual mix-up. kings ([kɪŋz]) and kiss ([kɪs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kings is recorded at frequency rank #15,669, classified as anoun, pronounced [kɪŋz]. kiss is at rank #16,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɪs].
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 31869, this pair ranks #1,719,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kings vs kiss
Shared letters: iks. Private to "kings": gn. Private to "kiss": -.
"kings" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "kiss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kings" and "kiss" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "kings" or "kiss" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "kings" and "kiss" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kiss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,719,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kings" and "kiss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kiss vs Knies". 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 #1,719,385 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.