# k vs kun

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### k
*character · IPA /keɪ/ · frequency rank #1,310*
The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

### kun
*noun · frequency rank #20,404*
In the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a native Japanese word that means what the character represents, contrasted with on.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-kun