sintvsspotTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#33,815
“sint” frequency rank
#9,457
“spot” frequency rank
43272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sint spot
Definition 3. Person Plural Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse ein kleiner runder Fleck, der sich in Farbe oder Beschaffenheit von der Umgebung absetzt

Letter map: sint vs spot

Shared letters muted; letters that set sint and spot apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sint
4 ch
spot

Role in the sentence - sint and spot

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sint is averb and spotanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sint is recorded at frequency rank #33,815, classified as averb, pronounced […]. spot is at rank #9,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced [spɒt].

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 43272, this pair ranks #1,423,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sint vs spot

Shared letters: st. Private to "sint": in. Private to "spot": op.

"sint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "spot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sintisnt · sinnt · sintt · sitn · snit · ssint
  • spotsopt · sppot · spto · sspot

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sint" for "spot" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sint" is a verb and "spot" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sint" or "spot"?
"spot" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,457 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 "spot". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,423,312 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sint" and "spot" 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 #1,423,312 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