movevssintTell them apart

Quick tell: move is a noun, sint is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“move” is a noun and “sint” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#33,815
“sint” frequency rank
50041
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move sint
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Letter map: move vs sint

Shared letters muted; letters that set move and sint apart highlighted. No shared letter run. move (CVCV) and sint (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
move
4 ch
sint

Grammar separator: move vs sint

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: move is anoun and sintaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sint is at rank #33,815, tagged as averb, 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 50041, this pair ranks #1,188,837 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of move vs sint

Shared letters: none. Private to "move": emov. Private to "sint": inst.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • movemmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • sintisnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "move" and "sint" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "move" is a noun and "sint" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "move" vs "sint" - which ranks higher?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #33,815 for "sint". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "move" and "sint".

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,188,837 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "sint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sint". 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 #1,188,837 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