Which to use
“running” is a verb and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,470
- “running” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 57636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | running | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs run | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: running vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set running and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. running runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against suis's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for running / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: running is averb and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
running is recorded at frequency rank #15,470, classified as averb, 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 57636, this pair ranks #893,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of running vs suis
Shared letters: iu. Private to "running": gnr. Private to "suis": s.
"running" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "running" and "suis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "running" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "running" vs "suis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "running" 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 #893,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "running" 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 #893,715 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.