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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Erasmus" for "suis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Erasmus" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
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.