Kenns
[kɛns]
The verdict
“Kenns” is uncommon German (frequency #98,678 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,678
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kenn
Corpus desk
Index DE-kenns · Kenns · German
Kenns · rank #98,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,678
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kellerkind
Nearest frequency peer: Kellerkind (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kenns“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kellergewöl…
Kellergewölbe
1,325 corpus weight
- Kellerkind
Kellerkind
1,324 corpus weight
- Kenns
Kenns
1,323 corpus weight
- Kerbholz
Kerbholz
1,322 corpus weight
- Kernspintom…
Kernspintomographie
1,321 corpus weight
- Kettchen
Kettchen
1,320 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kenns“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kenns |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɛns] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kenns“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kenns is uncommon German at frequency #98,678 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɛns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kenn".
Zero misspellings are on record for Kenns in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kenns, spelled K-E-N-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kenn
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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