unsere vs unsern, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“unsere” and “unsern” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#218
“unsere” frequency rank: #24,966
“unsern” frequency rank: 25184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	unsere	unsern
Definition	Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Pronomens unser	Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set unsere and unsern apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

unsere

6 ch

unsern

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

unsere and unsern are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - e in “unsere” becomes n in “unsern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unsere is recorded at frequency rank #218, classified as adet, pronounced [ˈʊnzəʁə]. unsern is at rank #24,966, tagged as adet, 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 25184, this pair ranks #1,836,964 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of unsere vs unsern

Shared letters: enrsu. Private to "unsere": -. Private to "unsern": -.

"unsere" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

unsere ← nusere · unesre · unnsere · unseer · unserre · unsree · unssere · usnere
unsern ← nusern · unesrn · unnsern · unsenr · unsernn · unserrn · unsren · unssern

Frequency comparison

unsere#218

unsern#24,966

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "unsere" and "unsern" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by a single letter - e in “unsere” becomes n in “unsern”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "unsere" or "unsern"?

"unsere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #218 in our German list, against #24,966 for "unsern". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering unsere vs unsern

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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