Which to use
“unserer” is an unknown and “unsern” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #437
- “unserer” frequency rank
- #24,966
- “unsern” frequency rank
- 25403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unserer | unsern |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Feminin des Possessivpronomens unser | Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser |
Letter map: unserer vs unsern
Shared letters muted; letters that set unserer and unsern apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. unserer runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against unsern's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - unserer and unsern
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unserer is anunknown and unsernadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unserer is recorded at frequency rank #437, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈʊnzəʁɐ]. 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 25403, this pair ranks #1,833,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of unserer vs unsern
Shared letters: enrsu. Private to "unserer": -. Private to "unsern": -.
"unserer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "unserer" and "unsern" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "unserer" or "unsern" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "unserer" vs "unsern" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "unserer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unsern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,833,846 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "unserer" and "unsern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unsern". 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 #1,833,846 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.