sungvssupiTell them apart

Quick tell: sung is a verb, supi is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#27,077
“sung” frequency rank
#36,051
“supi” frequency rank
63128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sung supi
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing großartig, hervorragend, besonders gut

Letter map: sung vs supi

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

4 ch
sung
4 ch
supi

Role in the sentence - sung and supi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sung is averb and supianadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sung is recorded at frequency rank #27,077, classified as averb, pronounced […]. supi is at rank #36,051, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈzuːpi].

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 63128, this pair ranks #687,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sung vs supi

Shared letters: su. Private to "sung": gn. Private to "supi": ip.

"sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "supi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sungsnug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng
  • supispui · ssupi · suip · suppi · uspi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sung" and "supi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sung" is a verb and "supi" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sung" or "supi"?
"sung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,077 in our German list, against #36,051 for "supi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sung" and "supi".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #687,780 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sung" and "supi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "supi vs SUVs". 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 #687,780 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