suisvsSuiteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
#8,790
“Suite” frequency rank
50956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suis Suite
Definition Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ mehrsätziges Instrumentalstück

Letter map: suis vs Suite

Shared letters muted; letters that set suis and Suite apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
suis
5 ch
Suite

Pair insight - suis / Suite

suis and Suite 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 50956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Suite is at rank #8,790, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsu̯iːtə].

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 50956, this pair ranks #1,154,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suis vs Suite

Shared letters: isu. Private to "suis": -. Private to "Suite": et.

"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Suite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
  • Suitesiute · ssuite · suiet · suitte · sutie · usite

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suis" and "Suite" be used interchangeably?
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: "suis" vs "Suite" - which ranks higher?
"Suite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,790 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.

What to do next

Pair "suis" vs "Suite" 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 "Suite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,154,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suis" and "Suite" 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 #1,154,002 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