Kind
[kɪnt]
The verdict
“Kind” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #458
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher
Corpus desk
Index DE-kind · Kind · German
Kind · rank #458 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #458
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH gegenüber
Nearest frequency peer: gegenüber (-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 neighbourhood for “Kind”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Alter
Alter
99,546 corpus weight
- Anfang
Anfang
99,545 corpus weight
- gegenüber
gegenüber
99,544 corpus weight
- Kind
Kind
99,543 corpus weight
- oben
oben
99,542 corpus weight
- rund
rund
99,541 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kind” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Kind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɪnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kind” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Kind (IPA [kɪnt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #458 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kind, with forms such as "iknd", "kidn", and "kindd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "kit", "KPD", "kun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Kind, spelled K-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1heranwachsender Mensch, aber noch kein Jugendlicher
- 2Mensch, mit Bezug auf seine familiäre Zugehörigkeit (Beziehung der Abkommenschaft)
- 3vertrauliche Anrede
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder spielten im Garten.
„Bei einem Auftritt in Odessa präsentierte er [Petro Poroschenko] die brutale Maßnahme als Garantie für den Sieg: ‘Wir werden Renten haben, sie keine. Bei uns werden die Kinder in die Schule gehen, bei ihnen werden sie in den Kellern sitzen. So, und nur so gewinnen wir den Krieg.‘ “
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iknd
- kidn
- kindd
- kinnd
- kkind
- knid
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kind - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kind", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.