ErasmusvssuisWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,342
“Erasmus” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
57508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Erasmus suis
Definition Nachname Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: Erasmus vs suis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Erasmus and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Erasmus runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against suis's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Erasmus
4 ch
suis

Part-of-speech tell for Erasmus / suis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Erasmus is aname and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Erasmus is recorded at frequency rank #15,342, classified as aname, pronounced […]. suis is at rank #42,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 57508, this pair ranks #898,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Erasmus vs suis

Shared letters: su. Private to "Erasmus": aemr. Private to "suis": i.

"Erasmus" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Erasmusearsmus · eramsus · erasmmus · erasmsu · erasmuss · erassmus · erasums · errasmus
  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Erasmus" for "suis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Erasmus" is a name and "suis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Erasmus" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
"Erasmus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,342 in our German list, against #42,166 for "suis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Erasmus" vs "suis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Erasmus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #898,687 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Erasmus" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suis". 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 #898,687 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