Kuh

[kuː]

/[kuː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Kuh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,555) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,555
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muttertier des Hausrinds

Corpus desk

Index DE-kuh · Kuh · German

Kuh · rank #6,555 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,555
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH kleinste

Nearest frequency peer: kleinste (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Kuh“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Kuh“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Kuh vs KW
33% similar
Kuh vs KV
33% similar
Kuh vs KZ
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Kuh
PropertyValue
HeadwordKuh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,555
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Kuh“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Kuhliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „kleinste“ (#6,554), „Kärnten“ (#6,556), „keinesfalls“ (#6,553). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „Kuh“ bei #6,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Kuh is neighbouring look-alikes ("KW", "KV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [kuː]. Frequency #6,555 among 4,158 “K” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kuh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KW", "KV", "KZ", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Kuh, spelled K-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muttertier des Hausrinds
  2. 2
    weibliches Rind
  3. 3
    Weibchen großen Wilds verschiedener Arten
  4. 4
    weibliche Person

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Kuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Für Mahatma Gandhi war die Kuh ein "Gedicht der Barmherzigkeit", schließlich hat ein Rind, so heißt es in den Mythen, mit seiner Milch das Leben des verfolgten Krischna, eine Inkarnation des Weltbewahrers Wischnu, gerettet.“
  2. „Statt Kamelen sahen wir nun Affen, Esel, Kühe und Pferde.“

Synonyms

Muhkuh

Antonyms

BulleFärseKalbStier

This word in other languages

cow(English)vaca(Español)vache(Français)vaca(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kuh"?
"Kuh" is spelled K-U-H. The IPA pronunciation is [kuː].
What does "Kuh" mean?
As a noun, "Kuh" means: Muttertier des Hausrinds
What words are commonly confused with "Kuh"?
"Kuh" is commonly confused with "KW", "KV", "KZ". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kuh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kuh" is [kuː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kuh" come from?
"Kuh" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kuh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iss#6,551Ios#6,549now#6,570old#6,574

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list