Which to use
“säuft” is a verb and “Suff” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,266
- “säuft” frequency rank
- #42,164
- “Suff” frequency rank
- 86430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | säuft | Suff |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saufen | Trunk- oder Alkoholsucht |
Where the eye mixes säuft and Suff
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. säuft runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Suff's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: säuft vs Suff
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: säuft is [ˈzɔɪ̯ft] while Suff is [zʊf]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
säuft is recorded at frequency rank #44,266, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈzɔɪ̯ft]. Suff is at rank #42,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zʊf].
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 86430, this pair ranks #93,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of säuft vs Suff
Shared letters: fsu. Private to "säuft": tä. Private to "Suff": -.
"säuft" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Suff" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Suff ← sfuf · ssuff · suf · usff
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "säuft" and "Suff" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "säuft" or "Suff" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "säuft" and "Suff" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "säuft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Suff" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,897 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "säuft" and "Suff" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "säuft vs surft". 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 #93,897 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.