Which to use
“unsern” is a determiner and “Unzen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,966
- “unsern” frequency rank
- #47,804
- “Unzen” frequency rank
- 72770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unsern | Unzen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Unze |
Letter map: unsern vs Unzen
Shared letters muted; letters that set unsern and Unzen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. unsern runs 6 letters (VCCVCC) against Unzen's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for unsern / Unzen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unsern is adeterminer and Unzenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unsern is recorded at frequency rank #24,966, classified as adet, pronounced […]. Unzen is at rank #47,804, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʊnt͡sn̩].
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 72770, this pair ranks #378,994 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of unsern vs Unzen
Shared letters: enu. Private to "unsern": rs. Private to "Unzen": z.
"unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC · "Unzen" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "unsern" for "Unzen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "unsern" or "Unzen" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "unsern" and "Unzen". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "unsern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Unzen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,994 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "unsern" and "Unzen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Unze 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 #378,994 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.