sintvsskinsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#33,815
“sint” frequency rank
#33,820
“skins” frequency rank
67635
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sint skins
Definition 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse Plural des Substantivs skin

Letter map: sint vs skins

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

4 ch
sint
5 ch
skins

Role in the sentence - sint and skins

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is averb and skinsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67635, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sint is recorded at frequency rank #33,815, classified as averb, pronounced […]. skins is at rank #33,820, tagged as anoun, pronounced [skɪnz].

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 67635, this pair ranks #533,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sint vs skins

Shared letters: ins. Private to "sint": t. Private to "skins": k.

"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "skins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sintisnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint
  • skinsksins · sikns · skinns · skinss · skisn · skkins · sknis · sskins

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sint" and "skins" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sint" is a verb and "skins" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "sint" or "skins" show up more?
"sint" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,815 in our German list, against #33,820 for "skins". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sint" and "skins".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "skins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #533,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sint" and "skins" 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 #533,749 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