Which to use
“sim” is an adverb and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,749
- “sim” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 52915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sim | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ja | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: sim vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set sim and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sim / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sim is anadverb and suisanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sim is recorded at frequency rank #10,749, classified as anadv, pronounced [sĩ]. suis is at rank #42,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 52915, this pair ranks #1,078,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sim vs suis
Shared letters: is. Private to "sim": m. Private to "suis": u.
"sim" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sim" for "suis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sim" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "sim" vs "suis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,078,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sim" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suis". 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 #1,078,313 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.