unservsusersWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: unser is a pronoun, users is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#335
“unser” frequency rank
#35,513
“users” frequency rank
35848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature unser users
Definition Personalpronomen 1. Person Plural Genitiv Plural des Substantivs user

Letter map: unser vs users

Shared letters muted; letters that set unser and users apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
unser
5 ch
users

Part-of-speech tell for unser / users

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unser is apronoun and usersanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unser is recorded at frequency rank #335, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈʊnzɐ]. users is at rank #35,513, 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 35848, this pair ranks #1,630,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of unser vs users

Shared letters: ersu. Private to "unser": n. Private to "users": -.

"unser" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "users" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • unsernuser · unesr · unnser · unserr · unsser · usner
  • userssuers · uesrs · userrs · userss · usesr · usres · ussers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "unser" and "users" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "unser" is a pronoun and "users" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "unser" or "users" show up more?
"unser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #335 in our German list, against #35,513 for "users". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "unser" and "users". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "unser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "users" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,630,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "unser" and "users" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs users". 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 #1,630,061 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