ua vs Uke, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ua” is a num and “Uke” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,965
“ua” frequency rank: #44,987
“Uke” frequency rank: 58952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ua	Uke
Definition	zwei	im Judo die Person, die geworfen wird beziehungsweise an der die Technik ausgeführt wird

Letter map: ua vs Uke

Shared letters muted; letters that set ua and Uke apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ua runs 2 letters (VV) against Uke's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

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Uke

Part-of-speech tell for ua / Uke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ua is anum and Ukeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ua is recorded at frequency rank #13,965, classified as anum, pronounced [ˈua]. Uke is at rank #44,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 58952, this pair ranks #842,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ua vs Uke

Shared letters: u. Private to "ua": a. Private to "Uke": ek.

"ua" · 2 letters · shape VV · "Uke" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ua" for "Uke" ever safe?

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

In ordinary German text, does "ua" or "Uke" show up more?

"ua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,965 in our German list, against #44,987 for "Uke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ua" and "Uke". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Uke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #842,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ua" and "Uke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Uke". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #842,948 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.