kg
[kaːˈɡeː]
The verdict
“kg” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,602) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,602
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einheitenzeichen für kilogramme/Kilogramm; SI-Basiseinheit der Masse
Corpus desk
Index DE-kg · kg · German
kg · rank #1,602 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,602
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Jahrhunderts
Nearest frequency peer: Jahrhunderts (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “kg”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Industrie
Industrie
98,402 corpus weight
- innen
innen
98,401 corpus weight
- Jahrhunderts
Jahrhunderts
98,400 corpus weight
- kg
kg
98,399 corpus weight
- kostet
kostet
98,398 corpus weight
- legt
legt
98,397 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “kg” against nearest ranked German headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | kg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [kaːˈɡeː] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #1,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “kg” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for kg is neighbouring look-alikes ("km", "KW", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced [kaːˈɡeː]. Frequency #1,602 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Gloss: "Einheitenzeichen für kilogramme/Kilogramm; SI-Basiseinheit der Masse".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kg, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "km", "KW", "KI", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 kg, spelled K-G.
Definition
- 1Einheitenzeichen für kilogramme/Kilogramm; SI-Basiseinheit der Masse
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Körpergewicht wird üblicherweise in kg angegeben.
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.