Which to use
“suis” is a noun and “SUV” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,166
- “suis” frequency rank
- #11,538
- “SUV” frequency rank
- 53704
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suis | SUV |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Inessiv Plural des Substantivs suu „Mund“ | Sport Utility Vehicle; Fahrzeug, das zwar das Aussehen eines Geländewagens besitzt, meist aber nicht für Geländefahrten geeignet ist |
Letter map: suis vs SUV
Shared letters muted; letters that set suis and SUV apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for suis / SUV
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suis is anoun and SUVanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suis is recorded at frequency rank #42,166, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. SUV is at rank #11,538, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ɛsʔuːˈfaʊ̯].
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 53704, this pair ranks #1,047,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suis vs SUV
Shared letters: su. Private to "suis": i. Private to "SUV": v.
"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "SUV" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suis" for "SUV" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "suis" or "SUV" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "suis" and "SUV". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "suis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "SUV" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,047,622 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suis" and "SUV" 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 #1,047,622 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.