kittvskittyWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#42,619
“kitt” frequency rank
#17,340
“kitty” frequency rank
59959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kitt kitty
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kitten Kätzchen, Mieze

Letter map: kitt vs kitty

Shared letters muted; letters that set kitt and kitty apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
kitt
5 ch
kitty

Part-of-speech tell for kitt / kitty

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kitt is averb and kittyanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “kitt” sits inside “kitty”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kitt is recorded at frequency rank #42,619, classified as averb, pronounced [kɪt]. kitty is at rank #17,340, tagged as anoun, 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 59959, this pair ranks #804,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kitt vs kitty

Shared letters: ikt. Private to "kitt": -. Private to "kitty": y.

"kitt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "kitty" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kittiktt · kkitt · ktit
  • kittyiktty · kittyy · kity · kityt · kkitty · ktity

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kitt" for "kitty" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kitt" is a verb and "kitty" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "kitt" or "kitty"?
"kitty" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,340 in our German list, against #42,619 for "kitt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "kitt" vs "kitty" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kitt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kitty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #804,962 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kitt" and "kitty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kaut vs kitt". 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 #804,962 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