spukvsSuiTell them apart

Quick tell: spuk is a verb, Sui is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“spuk” is a verb and “Sui” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,498
“spuk” frequency rank
#28,407
“Sui” frequency rank
55905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature spuk Sui
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spuken Ort in der pakistanischen Provinz Belutschistan

Letter map: spuk vs Sui

Shared letters muted; letters that set spuk and Sui apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
spuk
3 ch
Sui

Grammar separator: spuk vs Sui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spuk is averb and Suianame. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spuk is recorded at frequency rank #27,498, classified as averb, pronounced [ʃpuːk]. Sui is at rank #28,407, tagged as aname, 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 55905, this pair ranks #961,105 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of spuk vs Sui

Shared letters: su. Private to "spuk": kp. Private to "Sui": i.

"spuk" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Sui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • spukpsuk · spku · sppuk · spukk · sspuk · supk

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "spuk" and "Sui" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "spuk" is a verb and "Sui" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "spuk" or "Sui" show up more?
"spuk" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,498 in our German list, against #28,407 for "Sui". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "spuk" vs "Sui" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "spuk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #961,105 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "spuk" and "Sui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Sui". 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 #961,105 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