Which to use
“Sunday” and “Sünde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,159
- “Sunday” frequency rank
- #7,996
- “Sünde” frequency rank
- 30155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sunday | Sünde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in den USA der erste Wochentag; in Europa und anderen Staaten mit der Norm ISO 8601 der siebte Wochentag; Sonntag | Übertretung eines religiösen Gebotes oder Verbotes |
Where the eye mixes Sunday and Sünde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Sunday runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against Sünde's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between Sunday and Sünde
A purely visual mix-up. Sunday ([ˈsʌndɪ]) and Sünde ([ˈzʏndə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sunday is recorded at frequency rank #22,159, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsʌndɪ]. Sünde is at rank #7,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈzʏndə].
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 30155, this pair ranks #1,753,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Sunday vs Sünde
Shared letters: dns. Private to "Sunday": auy. Private to "Sünde": eü.
"Sunday" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "Sünde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sunday ← snuday · ssunday · sudnay · sunady · sundayy · sundday · sundya · sunnday
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Sunday" for "Sünde" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Sunday" vs "Sünde" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Sunday" and "Sünde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Sunday" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Sünde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,753,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sunday" and "Sünde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sönke vs Sünde". 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 #1,753,360 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.