suisvssungConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
#27,077
“sung” frequency rank
69243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suis sung
Definition Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing

Letter map: suis vs sung

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

4 ch
suis
4 ch
sung

Grammar separator: suis vs sung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suis is anoun and sungaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, 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 69243, this pair ranks #482,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suis vs sung

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

"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
  • sungsnug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suis" for "sung" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suis" is a noun and "sung" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "suis" vs "sung" - which ranks higher?
"sung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,077 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

You've compared "suis" and "sung". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" 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 #482,567 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suis" and "sung" 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 #482,567 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