makervsunsernWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: maker is a noun, unsern is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“maker” is a noun and “unsern” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,655
“maker” frequency rank
#24,966
“unsern” frequency rank
50621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maker unsern
Definition wirtschaftlich: der Hersteller, der Fabrikant Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser

Letter map: maker vs unsern

Shared letters muted; letters that set maker and unsern apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. maker runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against unsern's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
maker
6 ch
unsern

Grammar separator: maker vs unsern

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maker is anoun and unsernadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maker is recorded at frequency rank #25,655, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. unsern is at rank #24,966, tagged as adet, 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 50621, this pair ranks #1,166,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of maker vs unsern

Shared letters: er. Private to "maker": akm. Private to "unsern": nsu.

"maker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • makeramker · maekr · makerr · makker · mkaer · mmaker
  • unsernnusern · unesrn · unnsern · unsenr · unsernn · unserrn · unsren · unssern

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "maker" and "unsern" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maker" is a noun and "unsern" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "maker" vs "unsern" - which ranks higher?
"unsern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,966 in our German list, against #25,655 for "maker". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "maker" and "unsern".

  • Full dictionary entry for "maker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "unsern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,166,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maker" and "unsern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maker 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 #1,166,782 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