formsvsiiTell them apart

Quick tell: forms is a verb, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“forms” is a verb and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,276
“forms” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
45796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature forms ii
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs form Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: forms vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set forms and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

5 ch
forms
2 ch
ii

Role in the sentence - forms and ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: forms is averb and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

forms is recorded at frequency rank #45,276, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 45796, this pair ranks #1,340,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of forms vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "forms": fmors. Private to "ii": i.

"forms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formsfforms · fomrs · formms · formss · forrms · forsm · froms · ofrms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "forms" and "ii" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "forms" is a verb and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "forms" or "ii" show up more?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #45,276 for "forms". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "forms" and "ii".

  • Full dictionary entry for "forms" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,340,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "forms" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forms vs puzzles". 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 #1,340,969 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