saintsvsSindsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,437
“saints” frequency rank
#35,446
“Sinds” frequency rank
76883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saints Sinds
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saint Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sind

Letter map: saints vs Sinds

Shared letters muted; letters that set saints and Sinds apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. saints runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against Sinds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
saints
5 ch
Sinds

Part-of-speech tell for saints / Sinds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: saints is averb and Sindsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saints is recorded at frequency rank #41,437, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sinds is at rank #35,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zɪnt͡s].

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 76883, this pair ranks #273,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saints vs Sinds

Shared letters: ins. Private to "saints": at. Private to "Sinds": d.

"saints" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "Sinds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saints ← asints · sainnts · sainst · saintss · saintts · saitns · sanits · siants
  • Sinds ← isnds · sidns · sindds · sindss · sinnds · sinsd · snids · ssinds

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "saints" and "Sinds" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "saints" is a verb and "Sinds" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "saints" or "Sinds" show up more?
"Sinds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,446 in our German list, against #41,437 for "saints". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "saints" vs "Sinds" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saints" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sinds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saints" and "Sinds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs saints". 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 #273,482 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