Which to use
“sint” is a verb and “spät” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,815
- “sint” frequency rank
- #1,335
- “spät” frequency rank
- 35150
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sint | spät |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse | zeitlich fortgeschritten, kurz vor Schluss, gegen Ende |
Letter map: sint vs spät
Shared letters muted; letters that set sint and spät apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sint / spät
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is averb and spätanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sint is recorded at frequency rank #33,815, classified as averb, pronounced […]. spät is at rank #1,335, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʃpɛːt].
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 35150, this pair ranks #1,646,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sint vs spät
Shared letters: st. Private to "sint": in. Private to "spät": pä.
"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "spät" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sint ← isnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spät" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,646,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sint" and "spät" 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 #1,646,867 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.