SieversvssistersTell them apart

Quick tell: Sievers is a name, sisters is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sievers” is a name and “sisters” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,630
“Sievers” frequency rank
#41,465
“sisters” frequency rank
81095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sievers sisters
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Plural des Substantivs sister

Letter map: Sievers vs sisters

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sievers and sisters apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Sievers (CVVCVCC) and sisters (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
Sievers
7 ch
sisters

Role in the sentence - Sievers and sisters

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sievers is aname and sistersanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sievers is recorded at frequency rank #39,630, classified as aname, pronounced […]. sisters is at rank #41,465, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsɪstə(ɹ)z].

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 81095, this pair ranks #182,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Sievers vs sisters

Shared letters: eirs. Private to "Sievers": v. Private to "sisters": t.

"Sievers" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "sisters" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sievers ← isevers · seivers · sieevrs · sieverrs · sieverss · sievesr · sievres · sievvers
  • sisters ← issters · sisetrs · sissters · sisterrs · sisterss · sistesr · sistres · sistters

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Sievers" and "sisters" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sievers" is a name and "sisters" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Sievers" vs "sisters" - which ranks higher?
"Sievers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,630 in our German list, against #41,465 for "sisters". 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 "Sievers" and "sisters". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sievers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sisters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,370 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sievers" and "sisters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Siegers vs sisters". 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 #182,370 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