sindvssiteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34
“sind” frequency rank
#15,748
“site” frequency rank
15782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sind site
Definition [1] 1. Person Plural Präsens Indikativ des Verbs sein Stelle, Platz, Ort

Where the eye mixes sind and site

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
sind
4 ch
site

Why the eye confuses sind with site

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sind is [zɪnt] while site is [saɪt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sind is recorded at frequency rank #34, classified as averb, pronounced [zɪnt]. 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 15782, this pair ranks #1,941,170 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sind vs site

Shared letters: is. Private to "sind": dn. Private to "site": et.

"sind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sindisnd · sidn · sindd · sinnd · snid · ssind
  • siteiste · ssite · stie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sind" and "site" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sind" is a verb and "site" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sind" vs "site" - which ranks higher?
"sind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our German list, against #15,748 for "site". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sind" 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 #1,941,170 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sind" and "site" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sire vs site". 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 #1,941,170 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