sungvsuserConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,077
“sung” frequency rank
#2,693
“user” frequency rank
29770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sung user
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing Benutzer

Letter map: sung vs user

Shared letters muted; letters that set sung and user apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
sung
4 ch
user

Grammar separator: sung vs user

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sung is averb and useranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sung is recorded at frequency rank #27,077, classified as averb, pronounced […]. user is at rank #2,693, tagged as anoun, 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 29770, this pair ranks #1,760,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sung vs user

Shared letters: su. Private to "sung": gn. Private to "user": er.

"sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "user" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sungsnug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng
  • usersuer · uesr · userr · usre · usser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sung" and "user" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sung" is a verb and "user" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sung" or "user"?
"user" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,693 in our German list, against #27,077 for "sung". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "user" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,760,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sung" and "user" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sung". 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 #1,760,639 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