# Kiel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,213

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
2. A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”).

## Easily confused with
- **KL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kl)
- **Kim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kim)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kit)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kin)
- **kip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kip)
- **Kik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kik)
- **kind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kind)
- **knew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-knew)
- **king** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-king)
- **kill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kill)
- **kiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kiss)
- **knee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-knee)
- **kirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kirk)
- **kits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kits)
- **kite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kite)
- **Kiev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kiev)
- **kiwi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kiwi)
- **kool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kool)
- **kink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kink)
- **Kira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kiel-vs-kira)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ikel`, `keil`, `kiell`, `kile`, `kkiel`

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