unisvsUnzeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: unis is a unknown, Unze is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“unis” is an unknown and “Unze” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,441
“unis” frequency rank
#47,803
“Unze” frequency rank
65244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature unis Unze
Definition Dativ Plural m/f/n von unus Gewichtseinheit von etwa 30 Gramm

Letter map: unis vs Unze

Shared letters muted; letters that set unis and Unze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. unis (VCVC) and Unze (VCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
unis
4 ch
Unze

Role in the sentence - unis and Unze

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unis is anunknown and Unzeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unis is recorded at frequency rank #17,441, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. Unze is at rank #47,803, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʊnt͡sə].

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 65244, this pair ranks #613,569 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of unis vs Unze

Shared letters: nu. Private to "unis": is. Private to "Unze": ez.

"unis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Unze" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • unis ← nuis · uins · uniss · unnis · unsi
  • Unze ← nuze · unez · unnze · unzze · uzne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "unis" and "Unze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "unis" is an unknown and "Unze" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "unis" or "Unze" show up more?
"unis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,441 in our German list, against #47,803 for "Unze". 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 "unis" and "Unze".

  • Full dictionary entry for "unis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Unze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #613,569 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "unis" and "Unze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Unze vs Unzen". 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 #613,569 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