suisvssusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#42,166
“suis” frequency rank
#15,757
“sus” frequency rank
57923
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suis sus
Definition Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ Schwester

Letter map: suis vs sus

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

4 ch
suis
3 ch
sus

Corpus notes: suis and sus

suis and sus 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 57923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sus is at rank #15,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced [sœs].

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 57923, this pair ranks #882,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suis vs sus

Shared letters: su. Private to "suis": i. Private to "sus": -.

"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suis" and "sus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "sus" - which ranks higher?
"sus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,757 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 "sus" 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 "sus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #882,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suis" and "sus" 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 #882,563 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