Which to use
“unis” is an unknown and “us” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,441
- “unis” frequency rank
- #438
- “us” frequency rank
- 17879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unis | us |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dativ Plural m/f/n von unus | uns |
Letter map: unis vs us
Shared letters muted; letters that set unis and us apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for unis / us
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unis is anunknown and usapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unis is recorded at frequency rank #17,441, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. us is at rank #438, tagged as apron, pronounced [ʌs].
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 17879, this pair ranks #1,923,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of unis vs us
Shared letters: su. Private to "unis": in. Private to "us": -.
"unis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "us" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- unis ← nuis · uins · uniss · unnis · unsi
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "unis" and "us" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "unis" or "us"?
After this comparison
Pair "unis" vs "us" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "unis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "us" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,923,419 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "unis" and "us" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unis". 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 #1,923,419 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.