sintvssiteConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#33,815
“sint” frequency rank
#15,748
“site” frequency rank
49563
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sint site
Definition 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse Stelle, Platz, Ort

Letter map: sint vs site

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

4 ch
sint
4 ch
site

Part-of-speech tell for sint / site

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint 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 49563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sint is recorded at frequency rank #33,815, 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 49563, this pair ranks #1,206,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sint vs site

Shared letters: ist. Private to "sint": n. Private to "site": e.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sintisnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint
  • siteiste · ssite · stie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sint" and "site" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sint" is a verb and "site" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sint" vs "site" - which ranks higher?
"site" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,748 in our German list, against #33,815 for "sint". 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 "sint" and "site". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" 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 #1,206,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sint" and "site" 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 #1,206,757 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