Which to use
“sie” is a pronoun and “skip” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18
- “sie” frequency rank
- #32,770
- “skip” frequency rank
- 32788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sie | skip |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personalpronomen 3. Person Femininum Singular, welches eine zuvor benutzte Nominalphrase im Femininum (Person, Tier, Sache oder Abstraktum) ersetzt oder bei fehlendem oder weit entferntem Bezugswort auf eine Person weiblichen natürlichen Geschlechts verweist | auslassen, überspringen |
Where the eye mixes sie and skip
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sie with skip
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sie is [ziː] while skip is [skɪp]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sie is recorded at frequency rank #18, classified as apron, pronounced [ziː]. skip is at rank #32,770, tagged as averb, pronounced [skɪp].
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 32788, this pair ranks #1,699,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sie vs skip
Shared letters: is. Private to "sie": e. Private to "skip": kp.
"sie" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "skip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- skip ← ksip · sikp · skipp · skkip · skpi · sskip
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sie" for "skip" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sie" or "skip"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sie" and "skip" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,699,997 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sie" and "skip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sil vs skip". 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 #1,699,997 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.