suisvsSuisseConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
#13,703
“Suisse” frequency rank
55869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suis Suisse
Definition Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ f Geografie, Politik Schweiz

Letter map: suis vs Suisse

Shared letters muted; letters that set suis and Suisse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. suis runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Suisse's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
suis
6 ch
Suisse

Spelling & dictionary notes on suis vs Suisse

suis and Suisse 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suis” sits inside “Suisse”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Suisse is at rank #13,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced [sɥis].

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 55869, this pair ranks #962,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suis vs Suisse

Shared letters: isu. Private to "suis": -. Private to "Suisse": e.

"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Suisse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
  • Suisse ← siusse · ssuisse · suise · suises · suiße · susise · usisse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suis" and "Suisse" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “suis” sits inside “Suisse”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "suis" vs "Suisse" - which ranks higher?
"Suisse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,703 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "suis" vs "Suisse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Suisse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #962,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suis" and "Suisse" 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 #962,581 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