Which to use
“seins” is an unknown and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,475
- “seins” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 57641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seins | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens sein | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: seins vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set seins and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. seins runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against suis's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for seins / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seins is anunknown and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seins is recorded at frequency rank #15,475, classified as anunknown, pronounced [zaɪ̯ns]. suis is at rank #42,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 57641, this pair ranks #893,493 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seins vs suis
Shared letters: is. Private to "seins": en. Private to "suis": u.
"seins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "seins" for "suis" ever safe?
Which is more common, "seins" or "suis"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seins" and "suis".
- Full dictionary entry for "seins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #893,493 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seins" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suis". 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 #893,493 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.