Which to use
“Kind” and “king” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,837
- “Kind” frequency rank
- #4,159
- “king” frequency rank
- 33996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kind | king |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfant. | Qing. Unité traditionnelle chinoise de surface agricole, valant 100 meou ou environ 6 hectares. |
Where the eye mixes Kind and king
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Kind with king
A purely visual mix-up. Kind (\kɪnt\) and king (\kiŋ\) 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 a single letter - d in “Kind” becomes g in “king”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kind is recorded at frequency rank #29,837, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɪnt\. king is at rank #4,159, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kiŋ\.
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 33996, this pair ranks #286,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Kind vs king
Shared letters: ikn. Private to "Kind": d. Private to "king": g.
"Kind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "king" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Kind" and "king" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Kind" or "king" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "king" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kind" and "king" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kiko vs Kind". 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 #286,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.