Which to use
“friends” is a noun and “unis” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #17,441
- “unis” frequency rank
- 28676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | unis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Dativ Plural m/f/n von unus |
Letter map: friends vs unis
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and unis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against unis's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for friends / unis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: friends is anoun and unisanunknown. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. unis is at rank #17,441, 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 28676, this pair ranks #1,780,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs unis
Shared letters: ins. Private to "friends": defr. Private to "unis": u.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "unis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "friends" and "unis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "friends" vs "unis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "friends" vs "unis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,780,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" and "unis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unis". 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 #1,780,555 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.