vas vs vin, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vas” and “vin” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,809
“vas” frequency rank: #29,407
“vin” frequency rank: 77216
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vas	vin
Definition	2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs aller	2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs vij „(an)kommen“

Letter map: vas vs vin

Shared letters muted; letters that set vas and vin apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. vas and vin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch

vas

3 ch

vin

Pair insight - vas / vin

vas and vin are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77216, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vas is recorded at frequency rank #47,809, classified as averb, pronounced [va]. vin is at rank #29,407, tagged as averb, 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 77216, this pair ranks #265,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vas vs vin

Shared letters: v. Private to "vas": as. Private to "vin": in.

"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vin" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vas" and "vin" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary German text, does "vas" or "vin" show up more?

"vin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,407 in our German list, against #47,809 for "vas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "vas" and "vin". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "vas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #265,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vas" and "vin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs VN". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #265,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.