Which to use
“saures” is an adjective and “sauter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,109
- “saures” frequency rank
- #43,458
- “sauter” frequency rank
- 85567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saures | sauter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sauer | springen |
Where the eye mixes saures and sauter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: saures vs sauter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: saures is [ˈzaʊ̯ʁəs] while sauter is [sote]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saures is recorded at frequency rank #42,109, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈzaʊ̯ʁəs]. sauter is at rank #43,458, tagged as averb, pronounced [sote].
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 85567, this pair ranks #106,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saures vs sauter
Shared letters: aersu. Private to "saures": -. Private to "sauter": t.
"saures" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saures" for "sauter" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "saures" or "sauter" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "saures" and "sauter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "saures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saures" and "sauter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauter vs Stuten". 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 #106,380 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.