Which to use
“sint” is a verb and “Sinus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,815
- “sint” frequency rank
- #36,626
- “Sinus” frequency rank
- 70441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sint | Sinus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse | eine trigonometrische Funktion |
Letter map: sint vs Sinus
Shared letters muted; letters that set sint and Sinus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for sint / Sinus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is averb and Sinusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sint is recorded at frequency rank #33,815, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sinus is at rank #36,626, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈziːnʊs].
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 70441, this pair ranks #446,276 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sint vs Sinus
Shared letters: ins. Private to "sint": t. Private to "Sinus": u.
"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Sinus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sint" and "Sinus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "sint" or "Sinus" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "sint" vs "Sinus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Sinus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #446,276 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sint" and "Sinus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sint". 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 #446,276 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.