sitevsSuitenConfusable pair

Which to use

“site” and “Suiten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,748
“site” frequency rank
#39,057
“Suiten” frequency rank
54805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature site Suiten
Definition Stelle, Platz, Ort Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Suite

Where the eye mixes site and Suiten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. site runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Suiten's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
site
6 ch
Suiten

Look-alike desk: site vs Suiten

A purely visual mix-up. site ([saɪt]) and Suiten ([ˈsu̯iːtn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

site is recorded at frequency rank #15,748, classified as anoun, pronounced [saɪt]. Suiten is at rank #39,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsu̯iːtn̩].

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 54805, this pair ranks #1,004,301 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of site vs Suiten

Shared letters: eist. Private to "site": -. Private to "Suiten": nu.

"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Suiten" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • site ← iste · ssite · stie
  • Suiten ← siuten · ssuiten · suietn · suitenn · suitne · suitten · sutien · usiten

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "site" for "Suiten" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([saɪt] versus [ˈsu̯iːtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "site" or "Suiten"?
"site" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,748 in our German list, against #39,057 for "Suiten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Suiten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,004,301 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "site" and "Suiten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Stilen vs Suiten". 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 #1,004,301 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