kuvskundWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ku is a pronoun, kund is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#17,061
“ku” frequency rank
#26,081
“kund” frequency rank
43142
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ku kund
Definition wo so, dass man es weiß

Letter map: ku vs kund

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

2 ch
ku
4 ch
kund

Role in the sentence - ku and kund

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ku is apronoun and kundanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ku” sits inside “kund”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ku is recorded at frequency rank #17,061, classified as apron, pronounced […]. kund is at rank #26,081, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kʊnt].

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 43142, this pair ranks #1,427,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ku vs kund

Shared letters: ku. Private to "ku": -. Private to "kund": dn.

"ku" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "kund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kundkkund · knud · kudn · kundd · kunnd · uknd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ku" and "kund" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ku" is a pronoun and "kund" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ku" vs "kund" - which ranks higher?
"ku" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,061 in our German list, against #26,081 for "kund". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ku" and "kund".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ku" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "kund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,427,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ku" and "kund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kang vs kund". 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 #1,427,344 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list