Which to use
“suis” is a noun and “sum” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- #31,289
- “sum” frequency rank
- 73455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suis | sum |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse |
Letter map: suis vs sum
Shared letters muted; letters that set suis and sum apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - suis and sum
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suis is anoun and sumaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sum is at rank #31,289, 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 73455, this pair ranks #359,944 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suis vs sum
Shared letters: su. Private to "suis": i. Private to "sum": m.
"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sum" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "suis" and "sum". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "suis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sum" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,944 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suis" and "sum" 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 #359,944 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.