Which to use
“und” is a conjunction and “ut” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,125
- “und” frequency rank
- #20,597
- “ut” frequency rank
- 27722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | und | ut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Et, concatène deux éléments dans une même relation. | La première note de l’échelle des sons. |
Where the eye mixes und and ut
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: und is \ʊnt\ while ut is \yt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
und is recorded at frequency rank #7,125, classified as aconj, pronounced \ʊnt\. ut is at rank #20,597, tagged as anoun, pronounced \yt\.
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 27722, this pair ranks #327,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of und vs ut
Shared letters: u. Private to "und": dn. Private to "ut": t.
"und" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ut" · 2 letters · shape VC