kungvsviewsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#22,408
“kung” frequency rank
#20,460
“views” frequency rank
42868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kung views
Definition monarchisches Oberhaupt eines Königreichs; König 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs view

Letter map: kung vs views

Shared letters muted; letters that set kung and views apart highlighted. No shared letter run. kung runs 4 letters (CVCC) against views's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
kung
5 ch
views

Grammar separator: kung vs views

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kung is anoun and viewsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kung is recorded at frequency rank #22,408, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. views is at rank #20,460, tagged as averb, 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 42868, this pair ranks #1,435,980 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kung vs views

Shared letters: none. Private to "kung": gknu. Private to "views": eisvw.

"kung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "views" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kungkkung · knug · kugn · kungg · kunng · ukng
  • viewsivews · veiws · viesw · viewss · viewws · viwes · vviews

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "kung" for "views" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kung" is a noun and "views" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kung" or "views" show up more?
"views" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,460 in our German list, against #22,408 for "kung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "kung" and "views".

  • Full dictionary entry for "kung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "views" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,435,980 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kung" and "views" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kung 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 #1,435,980 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