siesvsSindsTell them apart

Quick tell: sies is a verb, Sinds is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sies” is a verb and “Sinds” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,209
“sies” frequency rank
#35,446
“Sinds” frequency rank
75655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sies Sinds
Definition archaisch: 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sind

Letter map: sies vs Sinds

Shared letters muted; letters that set sies and Sinds apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sies runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Sinds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sies
5 ch
Sinds

Grammar separator: sies vs Sinds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sies is averb and Sindsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sies is recorded at frequency rank #40,209, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sinds is at rank #35,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zɪnt͡s].

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 75655, this pair ranks #302,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sies vs Sinds

Shared letters: is. Private to "sies": e. Private to "Sinds": dn.

"sies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Sinds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sies ← seis · siess · sise · ssies
  • Sinds ← isnds · sidns · sindds · sindss · sinnds · sinsd · snids · ssinds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sies" and "Sinds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sies" is a verb and "Sinds" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sies" vs "Sinds" - which ranks higher?
"Sinds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,446 in our German list, against #40,209 for "sies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sies" and "Sinds". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sinds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #302,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sies" and "Sinds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sies". 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 #302,567 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