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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "records" for "sies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "records" vs "sies" - which ranks higher?
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.