UkevsUnzeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Uke” and “Unze” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,987
“Uke” frequency rank
#47,803
“Unze” frequency rank
92790
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Uke Unze
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Letter map: Uke vs Unze

Shared letters muted; letters that set Uke and Unze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Uke runs 3 letters (VCV) against Unze's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Uke
4 ch
Unze

Pair insight - Uke / Unze

Uke and Unze are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Uke is recorded at frequency rank #44,987, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Unze is at rank #47,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʊnt͡sə].

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 92790, this pair ranks #27,259 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Uke vs Unze

Shared letters: eu. Private to "Uke": k. Private to "Unze": nz.

"Uke" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "Unze" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Unze ← nuze · unez · unnze · unzze · uzne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Uke" and "Unze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Uke" vs "Unze" - which ranks higher?
"Uke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,987 in our German list, against #47,803 for "Unze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Uke" vs "Unze" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Uke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Unze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,259 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Uke" and "Unze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Unze vs Unzen". 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 #27,259 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