Which to use
“seiner” and “seins” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #142
- “seiner” frequency rank
- #15,475
- “seins” frequency rank
- 15617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seiner | seins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv des Personalpronomens er | Nominativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens sein |
Where the eye mixes seiner and seins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: seiner vs seins
A purely visual mix-up. seiner ([ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]) and seins ([zaɪ̯ns]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seiner is recorded at frequency rank #142, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈzaɪ̯nɐ]. seins is at rank #15,475, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [zaɪ̯ns].
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 15617, this pair ranks #1,942,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seiner vs seins
Shared letters: eins. Private to "seiner": r. Private to "seins": -.
"seiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "seins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seiner" and "seins" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "seiner" vs "seins" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "seiner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,942,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seiner" and "seins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seins vs spies". 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 #1,942,460 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.