# kiln vs kun

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kiln
*noun · IPA /kɪln/ · frequency rank #25,113*
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

### 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.
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