ku vs Kuh, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ku” is a pronoun and “Kuh” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,061
“ku” frequency rank: #6,555
“Kuh” frequency rank: 23616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ku	Kuh
Definition	wo	Muttertier des Hausrinds

Letter map: ku vs Kuh

Shared letters muted; letters that set ku and Kuh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

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Kuh

Grammar separator: ku vs Kuh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ku is apronoun and Kuhanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ku” sits inside “Kuh”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ku is recorded at frequency rank #17,061, classified as apron, pronounced […]. Kuh is at rank #6,555, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kuː].

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 23616, this pair ranks #1,858,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ku vs Kuh

Shared letters: ku. Private to "ku": -. Private to "Kuh": h.

"ku" · 2 letters · shape CV · "Kuh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ku" for "Kuh" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ku" is a pronoun and "Kuh" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ku" or "Kuh"?

"Kuh" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,555 in our German list, against #17,061 for "ku". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ku" and "Kuh". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ku" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Kuh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,858,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ku" and "Kuh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ku vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,858,882 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.