siesvssiteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,209
“sies” frequency rank
#15,748
“site” frequency rank
55957
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sies site
Definition archaisch: 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse Stelle, Platz, Ort

Letter map: sies vs site

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

4 ch
sies
4 ch
site

Grammar separator: sies vs site

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sies is averb and siteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sies is recorded at frequency rank #40,209, classified as averb, pronounced […]. site is at rank #15,748, tagged as anoun, pronounced [saɪt].

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 55957, this pair ranks #959,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sies vs site

Shared letters: eis. Private to "sies": -. Private to "site": t.

"sies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • siesseis · siess · sise · ssies
  • siteiste · ssite · stie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sies" for "site" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sies" is a verb and "site" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "sies" or "site" show up more?
"site" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,748 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sies" and "site".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "site" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #959,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sies" and "site" 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 #959,134 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