SuchtvsSujetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#803
“Sucht” frequency rank
#42,167
“Sujet” frequency rank
42970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sucht Sujet
Definition Abhängigkeit von Substanzen oder Tätigkeiten Inhalt oder Gegenstand einer künstlerischen Darstellung

Where the eye mixes Sucht and Sujet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Sucht
5 ch
Sujet

Visual trap between Sucht and Sujet

A purely visual mix-up. Sucht ([zʊxt]) and Sujet ([zyˈʒeː]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sucht is recorded at frequency rank #803, classified as anoun, pronounced [zʊxt]. Sujet is at rank #42,167, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zyˈʒeː].

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 42970, this pair ranks #1,432,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sucht vs Sujet

Shared letters: stu. Private to "Sucht": ch. Private to "Sujet": ej.

"Sucht" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Sujet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Suchtscuht · ssucht · succht · suchht · suchtt · sucth · suhct · uscht
  • Sujetsjuet · ssujet · suejt · sujett · sujjet · sujte · usjet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Sucht" for "Sujet" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([zʊxt] versus [zyˈʒeː]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Sucht" or "Sujet" show up more?
"Sucht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #803 in our German list, against #42,167 for "Sujet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Sucht" and "Sujet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sucht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sujet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,432,684 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sucht" and "Sujet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sujet vs surft". 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 #1,432,684 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