setvsSujetConfusable pair

Quick tell: set is a num, Sujet is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“set” is a num and “Sujet” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,995
“set” frequency rank
#42,167
“Sujet” frequency rank
46162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature set Sujet
Definition Kardinalzahl zwischen sechs und acht Inhalt oder Gegenstand einer künstlerischen Darstellung

Letter map: set vs Sujet

Shared letters muted; letters that set set and Sujet apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
set
5 ch
Sujet

Part-of-speech tell for set / Sujet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: set is anum and Sujetanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

set is recorded at frequency rank #3,995, classified as anum, pronounced […]. Sujet is at rank #42,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zyˈʒeː].

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 46162, this pair ranks #1,328,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of set vs Sujet

Shared letters: est. Private to "set": -. Private to "Sujet": ju.

"set" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Sujet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sujetsjuet · ssujet · suejt · sujett · sujjet · sujte · usjet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "set" and "Sujet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "set" is a num and "Sujet" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "set" or "Sujet"?
"set" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,995 in our German list, against #42,167 for "Sujet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "set" vs "Sujet" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "set" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sujet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,328,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "set" and "Sujet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sujet vs surft". 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 #1,328,472 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list