suicidevsSuizidWhich spelling fits?

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

#30,799
“suicide” frequency rank
#11,329
“Suizid” frequency rank
42128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suicide Suizid
Definition Selbstmord, Suizid, Freitod Beendigung des eigenen Lebens, welche unter vollem Bewusstsein und durch den eigenen, freien Willen vollzogen wird

Letter map: suicide vs Suizid

Shared letters muted; letters that set suicide and Suizid apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
suicide
6 ch
Suizid

Spelling & dictionary notes on suicide vs Suizid

suicide and Suizid are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suicide is recorded at frequency rank #30,799, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Suizid is at rank #11,329, tagged as anoun, pronounced [zuiˈt͡siːt].

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 42128, this pair ranks #1,458,761 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suicide vs Suizid

Shared letters: disu. Private to "suicide": ce. Private to "Suizid": z.

"suicide" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "Suizid" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suicidesiucide · ssuicide · suciide · suiccide · suicdie · suicidde · suicied · suiicde
  • Suizidsiuzid · ssuizid · suiizd · suizdi · suizidd · suizzid · suziid · usizid

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suicide" for "Suizid" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "suicide" vs "Suizid" - which ranks higher?
"Suizid" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,329 in our German list, against #30,799 for "suicide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "suicide" vs "Suizid" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suicide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Suizid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,458,761 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suicide" and "Suizid" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs suicide". 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 #1,458,761 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