Which to use
“seist” is an unknown and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,764
- “seist” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 74930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seist | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens von sein | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: seist vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set seist and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. seist 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 seist / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seist is anunknown and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seist is recorded at frequency rank #32,764, classified as anunknown, pronounced [zaɪ̯st]. 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 74930, this pair ranks #320,753 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seist vs suis
Shared letters: is. Private to "seist": et. Private to "suis": u.
"seist" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "seist" for "suis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "seist" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "seist" and "suis". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "seist" 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 #320,753 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seist" 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 #320,753 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.