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“Immunsystem” and “Immunsystems” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,920
“Immunsystem” frequency rank
#48,985
“Immunsystems” frequency rank
64905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Immunsystem Immunsystems
Definition biologisches Abwehrsystem höherer Lebewesen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Immunsystem

Where the eye mixes Immunsystem and Immunsystems

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. Immunsystem runs 11 letters (VCCVCCVCCVC) against Immunsystems's 12 (VCCVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
Immunsystem
12 ch
Immunsystems

Visual trap between Immunsystem and Immunsystems

A purely visual mix-up. Immunsystem ([ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːm]) and Immunsystems ([ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːms]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Immunsystem” sits inside “Immunsystems”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Immunsystem is recorded at frequency rank #15,920, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːm]. Immunsystems is at rank #48,985, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːms].

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 64905, this pair ranks #625,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Immunsystem vs Immunsystems

Shared letters: eimnstuy. Private to "Immunsystem": -. Private to "Immunsystems": -.

"Immunsystem" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVC  ·  "Immunsystems" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Immunsystem ← immnusystem · immunnsystem · immunssystem · immunssytem · immunsysetm · immunsysstem · immunsystemm · immunsystme
  • Immunsystems ← immnusystems · immunnsystems · immunssystems · immunssytems · immunsysetms · immunsysstems · immunsystemms · immunsystemss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Immunsystem" and "Immunsystems" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːm] versus [ɪˈmuːnzʏsˌteːms]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Immunsystem" vs "Immunsystems" - which ranks higher?
"Immunsystem" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,920 in our German list, against #48,985 for "Immunsystems". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Immunsystem" and "Immunsystems" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Immunsystem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Immunsystems" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #625,225 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #625,225 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