küsst
[kʏst]
The verdict
“küsst” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,855
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs küssen
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 | küsst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kʏst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “küsst” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around küsst (IPA [kʏst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,855 among 55,078 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for küsst, with forms such as "kküsst", "ksüst", and "küsstt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Küste", "küsste", "Kurs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is küsst, spelled K-Ü-S-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs küssen
- 22. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs küssen
- 33. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs küssen
- 42. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs küssen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kküsst
- ksüst
- küsstt
- küst
- küsts
- küßt
- üksst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of küsst - 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 “küsst”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-Ü-S-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kʏst] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Küste” - see the side-by-side comparison. küsst vs Küste
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
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.