kennst
[kɛnst]
The verdict
“kennst” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #2,901 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,901
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kennen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kennst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɛnst] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kennst” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for kennst is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɛnst]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,901 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kennen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for kennst, with forms such as "eknnst", "kennsst", and "kennstt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "kent", "Kunst", "kennt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kennst, spelled K-E-N-N-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kennen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eknnst,kennsst,kennstt,kennts,kensnt,kenst,kkennst,knenst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kennst - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “kennst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-E-N-N-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɛnst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kent” - see the side-by-side comparison. kennst vs kent
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.