kdevskeepWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: kde is a adverb, keep is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“kde” is an adverb and “keep” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,708
“kde” frequency rank
#14,880
“keep” frequency rank
54588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature kde keep
Definition onde a torre principal de um castelo ou fortaleza

Letter map: kde vs keep

Shared letters muted; letters that set kde and keep apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
kde
4 ch
keep

Grammar separator: kde vs keep

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kde is anadverb and keepanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kde is recorded at frequency rank #39,708, classified as anadv. keep is at rank #14,880, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kip/.

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 54588, this pair ranks #11,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of kde vs keep

Shared letters: ek. Private to "kde": d. Private to "keep": p.

"kde" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "keep" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • keepekep · keepp · kep · kepe · kkeep

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kde" and "keep" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kde" is an adverb and "keep" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "kde" vs "keep" - which ranks higher?
"keep" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,880 in our Portuguese list, against #39,708 for "kde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "kde" and "keep". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "kde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "keep" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kde" and "keep" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "K7 vs kde". 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 #11,159 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list