MathiasvssuisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Mathias is a name, suis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mathias” is a name and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,947
“Mathias” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
52113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mathias suis
Definition dänischer männlicher Vorname Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: Mathias vs suis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mathias and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Mathias runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against suis's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Mathias
4 ch
suis

Part-of-speech tell for Mathias / suis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mathias is aname and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mathias is recorded at frequency rank #9,947, classified as aname, pronounced […]. suis is at rank #42,166, tagged as anoun, 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 52113, this pair ranks #1,109,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mathias vs suis

Shared letters: is. Private to "Mathias": ahmt. Private to "suis": u.

"Mathias" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mathiasamthias · mahtias · mathais · mathhias · mathiass · mathisa · matihas · mmathias
  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Mathias" and "suis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mathias" is a name and "suis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mathias" or "suis" show up more?
"Mathias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,947 in our German list, against #42,166 for "suis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Mathias" and "suis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mathias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,109,487 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mathias" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suis". 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 #1,109,487 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