Which to use
“sai” is a verb and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,708
- “sai” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 89874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sai | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sapere | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: sai vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set sai and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sai runs 3 letters (CVV) 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 sai / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sai is averb and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89874, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sai is recorded at frequency rank #47,708, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsai̯]. 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 89874, this pair ranks #52,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sai vs suis
Shared letters: is. Private to "sai": a. Private to "suis": u.
"sai" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sai" and "suis" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "sai" or "suis" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "sai" vs "suis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sai" 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 #52,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sai" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sai vs seg". 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 #52,735 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.