Which to use
“said” is a verb and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,005
- “said” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 55171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | said | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs say | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: said vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set said and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. said and suis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: said vs suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: said is averb and suisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
said is recorded at frequency rank #13,005, classified as averb, pronounced [sɛd]. 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 55171, this pair ranks #989,989 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of said vs suis
Shared letters: is. Private to "said": ad. Private to "suis": u.
"said" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "said" and "suis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "said" or "suis" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "said" and "suis".
- Full dictionary entry for "said" 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 #989,989 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "said" 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 #989,989 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.