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

#19,717
“Souls” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
61883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Souls suis
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Soul Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: Souls vs suis

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

5 ch
Souls
4 ch
suis

Spelling & dictionary notes on Souls vs suis

Souls 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 61883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Souls is recorded at frequency rank #19,717, classified as anoun, pronounced [sɔʊ̯ls]. 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 61883, this pair ranks #733,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Souls vs suis

Shared letters: su. Private to "Souls": lo. Private to "suis": i.

"Souls" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Souls ← osuls · solus · soulls · soulss · sousl · ssouls · suols
  • suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Souls" and "suis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "Souls" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
"Souls" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,717 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.

What to do next

You've compared "Souls" and "suis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Souls" 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 #733,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Souls" 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 #733,141 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