Which to use
“unsern” is a determiner and “untern” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,966
- “unsern” frequency rank
- #38,474
- “untern” frequency rank
- 63440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unsern | untern |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser | unter den |
Letter map: unsern vs untern
Shared letters muted; letters that set unsern and untern apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. unsern and untern follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for unsern / untern
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unsern is adeterminer and unternanabbrev. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “unsern” becomes t in “untern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unsern is recorded at frequency rank #24,966, classified as adet, pronounced […]. untern is at rank #38,474, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ˈʊntɐn].
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 63440, this pair ranks #676,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of unsern vs untern
Shared letters: enru. Private to "unsern": s. Private to "untern": t.
"unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "untern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "unsern" and "untern" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "unsern" or "untern" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "unsern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "untern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #676,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "unsern" and "untern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "untern vs Unzen". 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 #676,782 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.