unsernvsunsrerTell them apart

Quick tell: unsern is a determiner, unsrer is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“unsern” is a determiner and “unsrer” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,966
“unsern” frequency rank
#40,268
“unsrer” frequency rank
65234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature unsern unsrer
Definition Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser Genitiv Singular Feminin des Possessivpronomens unser

Letter map: unsern vs unsrer

Shared letters muted; letters that set unsern and unsrer apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. unsern (VCCVCC) and unsrer (VCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
unsern
6 ch
unsrer

Part-of-speech tell for unsern / unsrer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unsern is adeterminer and unsreranunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

unsern is recorded at frequency rank #24,966, classified as adet, pronounced […]. unsrer is at rank #40,268, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈʊnzʁɐ].

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 65234, this pair ranks #613,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of unsern vs unsrer

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

"unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "unsrer" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • unsern ← nusern · unesrn · unnsern · unsenr · unsernn · unserrn · unsren · unssern
  • unsrer ← nusrer · unnsrer · unrser · unsrerr · unsrrer · unssrer · usnrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "unsern" and "unsrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "unsern" is a determiner and "unsrer" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "unsern" vs "unsrer" - which ranks higher?
"unsern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,966 in our German list, against #40,268 for "unsrer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "unsern" vs "unsrer" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "unsern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "unsrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #613,934 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "unsern" and "unsrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "unsrer vs untreu". 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 #613,934 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