Kit-kat or kitkat?
kit-kat is a noun meaning “A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey”; kitkat is a noun meaning “Alternative form of kit-cat”. kit-kat is written with a hyphen and kitkat as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between kit-kat and kitkat?
| kit-kat | kitkat | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey | Alternative form of kit-cat |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | kit-kats | kitkats |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 3 million words |
Sources: kit-kat and kitkat in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of kit-kat and kitkat
kit-kat
- 1
Alternative form of kit-cat
- 2
A chocolate-covered wafer bar confection produced by Nestlé and Hershey
kitkat
- 1
Alternative form of kit-cat
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, kit-kat or kitkat?
kit-kat is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; kitkat about once in every 3 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).