uns vs Unze, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#85
“uns” frequency rank: #47,803
“Unze” frequency rank: 47888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	uns	Unze
Definition	Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Dativ	Gewichtseinheit von etwa 30 Gramm

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set uns and Unze apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

uns

4 ch

Unze

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: uns is [ʊns] while Unze is [ˈʊnt͡sə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uns is recorded at frequency rank #85, classified as apron, pronounced [ʊns]. 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 47888, this pair ranks #1,268,395 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of uns vs Unze

Shared letters: nu. Private to "uns": s. Private to "Unze": ez.

"uns" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "Unze" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Unze ← nuze · unez · unnze · unzze · uzne

Frequency comparison

uns#85

Unze#47,803

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "uns" and "Unze" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "uns" is a pronoun and "Unze" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "uns" or "Unze"?

"uns" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #85 in our German list, against #47,803 for "Unze". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering uns vs Unze

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “uns”; for a noun, it's “Unze”.
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