Which to use
“kings” and “kits” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,566
- “kings” frequency rank
- #9,912
- “kits” frequency rank
- 13478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kings | kits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of king | plural of kit |
Where the eye mixes kings and kits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. kings runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against kits's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses kings with kits
A purely visual mix-up. kings (/kɪŋz/) and kits (/kɪts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kings is recorded at frequency rank #3,566, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɪŋz/. kits is at rank #9,912, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɪts/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13478, this pair ranks #475,557 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kings vs kits
Shared letters: iks. Private to "kings": gn. Private to "kits": t.
"kings" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "kits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "kings" for "kits" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "kings" or "kits" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "kings" and "kits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kings" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,557 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kings" and "kits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kits vs knits". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #475,557 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.