# kau vs Knut

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Knut
*name · IPA [knuːt] · frequency rank #20,977*
männlicher Vorname

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