recordsvssiesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#19,686
“records” frequency rank
#40,209
“sies” frequency rank
59895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature records sies
Definition Plural des Substantivs record archaisch: 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Letter map: records vs sies

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

7 ch
records
4 ch
sies

Part-of-speech tell for records / sies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: records is anoun and siesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

records is recorded at frequency rank #19,686, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sies is at rank #40,209, 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 59895, this pair ranks #807,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of records vs sies

Shared letters: es. Private to "records": cdor. Private to "sies": i.

"records" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "sies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordsercords · rceords · reccords · recodrs · recordds · recordss · recorrds · recorsd
  • siesseis · siess · sise · ssies

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "records" for "sies" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "records" is a noun and "sies" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "records" vs "sies" - which ranks higher?
"records" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,686 in our German list, against #40,209 for "sies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "records" vs "sies" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "records" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #807,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "records" and "sies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sies". 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 #807,312 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