StilvsSuiConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#1,942
“Stil” frequency rank
#28,407
“Sui” frequency rank
30349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Stil Sui
Definition besondere Gestaltungsweise (in Kunst, Leben, Sport und so weiter) Ort in der pakistanischen Provinz Belutschistan

Letter map: Stil vs Sui

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

4 ch
Stil
3 ch
Sui

Role in the sentence - Stil and Sui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Stil is anoun and Suianame. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Stil is recorded at frequency rank #1,942, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʃtiːl]. 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 30349, this pair ranks #1,749,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Stil vs Sui

Shared letters: is. Private to "Stil": lt. Private to "Sui": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Stilsitl · sstil · stli · sttil · tsil

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Stil" for "Sui" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Stil" is a noun and "Sui" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Stil" or "Sui" show up more?
"Stil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,942 in our German list, against #28,407 for "Sui". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Stil" and "Sui". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Stil" 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 #1,749,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Stil" 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 #1,749,633 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