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.
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
- forms ← fforms · fomrs · formms · formss · forrms · forsm · froms · ofrms
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "forms" and "ii" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "forms" or "ii" show up more?
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.