Which to use
“sous” is a preposition and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,337
- “sous” frequency rank
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- 71503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sous | suis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | unter (unterhalb von) | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ |
Letter map: sous vs suis
Shared letters muted; letters that set sous and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for sous / suis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sous is apreposition and suisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sous is recorded at frequency rank #29,337, classified as aprep, pronounced [su]. 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 71503, this pair ranks #414,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sous vs suis
Shared letters: su. Private to "sous": o. Private to "suis": i.
"sous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sous" for "suis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sous" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "sous" vs "suis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sous" 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 #414,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sous" 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 #414,871 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.