skinsvssuisTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,820
“skins” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
75986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature skins suis
Definition Plural des Substantivs skin Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: skins vs suis

Shared letters muted; letters that set skins and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. skins runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against suis's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
skins
4 ch
suis

Pair insight - skins / suis

skins and suis are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

skins is recorded at frequency rank #33,820, classified as anoun, pronounced [skɪnz]. suis is at rank #42,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 75986, this pair ranks #294,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of skins vs suis

Shared letters: is. Private to "skins": kn. Private to "suis": u.

"skins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • skins ← ksins · sikns · skinns · skinss · skisn · skkins · sknis · sskins
  • suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "skins" for "suis" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "skins" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
"skins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,820 in our German list, against #42,166 for "suis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "skins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "skins" and "suis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suis". 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 #294,503 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