Uke vs ums, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,987
“Uke” frequency rank: #2,417
“ums” frequency rank: 47404
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Uke	ums
Definition	im Judo die Person, die geworfen wird beziehungsweise an der die Technik ausgeführt wird	Zusammenfluss von Präposition und bestimmten Artikel (Akkusativ Neutrum): um das

Letter map: Uke vs ums

Shared letters muted; letters that set Uke and ums apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

Uke

3 ch

ums

Grammar separator: Uke vs ums

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Uke is anoun and umsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Uke is recorded at frequency rank #44,987, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ums is at rank #2,417, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ʊms].

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 47404, this pair ranks #1,285,457 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Uke vs ums

Shared letters: u. Private to "Uke": ek. Private to "ums": ms.

"Uke" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ums" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Frequency check: "Uke" vs "ums" - which ranks higher?

"ums" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,417 in our German list, against #44,987 for "Uke". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "Uke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ums" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,285,457 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Uke" and "ums" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Uke". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,285,457 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.