UkevsUrsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Uke is a noun, Urs is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#44,987
“Uke” frequency rank
#20,765
“Urs” frequency rank
65752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Uke Urs
Definition im Judo die Person, die geworfen wird beziehungsweise an der die Technik ausgeführt wird männlicher Vorname

Letter map: Uke vs Urs

Shared letters muted; letters that set Uke and Urs apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Uke (VCV) and Urs (VCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
Uke
3 ch
Urs

Role in the sentence - Uke and Urs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Uke is anoun and Ursaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Uke is recorded at frequency rank #44,987, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Urs is at rank #20,765, tagged as aname, pronounced [ʊʁs].

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 65752, this pair ranks #596,214 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Uke vs Urs

Shared letters: u. Private to "Uke": ek. Private to "Urs": rs.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Uke" and "Urs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Uke" is a noun and "Urs" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Uke" or "Urs" show up more?
"Urs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,765 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Uke" and "Urs".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Uke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Urs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #596,214 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Uke" and "Urs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Uke". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #596,214 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