suchvssuisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: such is a verb, suis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“such” is a verb and “suis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,391
“such” frequency rank
#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
46557
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature such suis
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs suchen Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“

Letter map: such vs suis

Shared letters muted; letters that set such and suis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
such
4 ch
suis

Part-of-speech tell for such / suis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: such is averb and suisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

such is recorded at frequency rank #4,391, classified as averb, pronounced [zuːx]. 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 46557, this pair ranks #1,314,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of such vs suis

Shared letters: su. Private to "such": ch. Private to "suis": i.

"such" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suchscuh · ssuch · succh · suchh · suhc · usch
  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "such" and "suis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "such" is a verb and "suis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "such" vs "suis" - which ranks higher?
"such" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,391 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "such" and "suis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "such" 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 #1,314,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "such" 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 #1,314,988 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