SuivssungTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28,407
“Sui” frequency rank
#27,077
“sung” frequency rank
55484
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sui sung
Definition Ort in der pakistanischen Provinz Belutschistan Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing

Letter map: Sui vs sung

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

3 ch
Sui
4 ch
sung

Grammar separator: Sui vs sung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sui is aname and sungaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sui is recorded at frequency rank #28,407, classified as aname, pronounced […]. sung is at rank #27,077, tagged as averb, 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 55484, this pair ranks #977,742 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sui vs sung

Shared letters: su. Private to "Sui": i. Private to "sung": gn.

"Sui" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sungsnug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Sui" and "sung" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sui" is a name and "sung" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Sui" or "sung"?
"sung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,077 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Sui" and "sung".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #977,742 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sui" and "sung" 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 #977,742 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