ossivssetWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ossi is a noun, set is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ossi” is a noun and “set” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,842
“ossi” frequency rank
#3,995
“set” frequency rank
38837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ossi set
Definition Plural des Substantivs osso Kardinalzahl zwischen sechs und acht

Letter map: ossi vs set

Shared letters muted; letters that set ossi and set apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
ossi
3 ch
set

Part-of-speech tell for ossi / set

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ossi is anoun and setanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ossi is recorded at frequency rank #34,842, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. set is at rank #3,995, tagged as anum, 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 38837, this pair ranks #1,553,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ossi vs set

Shared letters: s. Private to "ossi": io. Private to "set": et.

"ossi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "set" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ossiosi · osis · oßi · sosi

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ossi" and "set" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ossi" is a noun and "set" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ossi" or "set" show up more?
"set" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,995 in our German list, against #34,842 for "ossi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "ossi" and "set". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ossi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "set" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,553,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ossi" and "set" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ossi 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 #1,553,307 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