KES
The verdict
“KES” is uncommon German (frequency #89,152 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,152
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - internationaler Währungscode für Kenia-Schilling, die Währung von Kenia
Corpus desk
Index DE-kes · KES · German
KES · rank #89,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,152
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kicherte
Nearest frequency peer: kicherte (+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 „KES“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- keltisch
keltisch
10,852 corpus weight
- kenianische
kenianische
10,851 corpus weight
- KES
KES
10,849 corpus weight
- kicherte
kicherte
10,848 corpus weight
- Kindertag
Kindertag
10,847 corpus weight
- Kirgistan
Kirgistan
10,846 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „KES“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | KES |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #89,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „KES“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
KES is uncommon German at frequency #89,152 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "internationaler Währungscode für Kenia-Schilling, die Währung von Kenia".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for KES, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is KES, spelled K-E-S.
Definition
- 1internationaler Währungscode für Kenia-Schilling, die Währung von Kenia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how KES appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1 KES = 100 Cents
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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