unsernvsUnzenTell them apart

Quick tell: unsern is a determiner, Unzen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
unsern
5 ch
Unzen

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

  • unsernnusern · unesrn · unnsern · unsenr · unsernn · unserrn · unsren · unssern
  • Unzennuzen · unezn · unnzen · unzenn · unzne · unzzen · uznen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "unsern" for "Unzen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "unsern" is a determiner and "Unzen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "unsern" or "Unzen" show up more?
"unsern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,966 in our German list, against #47,804 for "Unzen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list