Which to use
“sone” is an unknown and “sung” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,303
- “sone” frequency rank
- #27,077
- “sung” frequency rank
- 60380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sone | sung |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Pronomens son | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing |
Letter map: sone vs sung
Shared letters muted; letters that set sone and sung apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - sone and sung
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sone is anunknown and sungaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sone is recorded at frequency rank #33,303, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈzoːnə]. sung is at rank #27,077, tagged as averb, 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 60380, this pair ranks #789,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sone vs sung
Shared letters: ns. Private to "sone": eo. Private to "sung": gu.
"sone" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sone" and "sung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "sone" or "sung" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "sone" vs "sung" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #789,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sone" and "sung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sonar vs sone". 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 #789,182 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.