# k vs Ku

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### k
*character · IPA /keɪ/ · frequency rank #1,310*
The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

### Ku
*name · frequency rank #14,350*
A surname from Korean.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/k-vs-ku