KindvskittWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Kind is a noun, kitt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Kind” is a noun and “kitt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,837
“Kind” frequency rank
#39,364
“kitt” frequency rank
69201
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kind kitt
Definition Enfant. Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de kitten.

Where the eye mixes Kind and kitt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Kind and kitt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Kind
4 ch
kitt

Look-alike desk: Kind vs kitt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kind is \kɪnt\ while kitt is \kɪt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69201, 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\. kitt is at rank #39,364, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɪt\.

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 69201, this pair ranks #56,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Kind vs kitt

Shared letters: ik. Private to "Kind": dn. Private to "kitt": t.

"Kind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "kitt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kind ← iknd · kidn · kindd · kinnd · kkind · knid
  • kitt ← iktt · kkitt · ktit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Kind" for "kitt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Kind" is a noun and "kitt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Kind" or "kitt" show up more?
"Kind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,837 in our French list, against #39,364 for "kitt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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 "kitt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kind" and "kitt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kiko vs kitt". 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 #56,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list