Which to use
“seiner” and “seines” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #142
- “seiner” frequency rank
- #623
- “seines” frequency rank
- 765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seiner | seines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv des Personalpronomens er | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum und Neutrum des Possessivpronomens sein |
Where the eye mixes seiner and seines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. seiner ([ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]) and seines ([ˈzaɪ̯nəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “seiner” becomes s in “seines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seiner is recorded at frequency rank #142, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]. seines is at rank #623, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯nəs].
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 765, this pair ranks #2,005,367 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seiner vs seines
Shared letters: eins. Private to "seiner": r. Private to "seines": -.
"seiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "seines" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC