# Ud vs UKW

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ud
*noun · IPA [uːt] · frequency rank #31,834*
orientalisches Lauteninstrument

### UKW
*abbrev · IPA [uːkaˈveː] · frequency rank #28,432*
Abkürzung für Ultrakurzwelle

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ud-vs-ukw