# kara vs kau

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### kara
*adjective · frequency rank #21,657*
lieb, wert, teuer, wertvoll, hold, herzig

### kau
*verb · IPA [kaʊ̯] · frequency rank #41,934*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs kauen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kara-vs-kau