sua

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The verdict

“sua” is uncommon German (frequency #65,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an unknown. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,739
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular femininum des Possessivpronomens suus

Corpus desk

Index DE-sua · sua · German

sua · rank #65,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,739
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stählernen

Nearest frequency peer: stählernen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sua“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sua“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sua
PropertyValue
Headwordsua
LanguageGerman
Part of speechUnknown
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#65,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sua“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).suafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stählernen“ (#65,738), „Sundern“ (#65,741), „Stuhr“ (#65,736). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sua“ bei #65,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sua is uncommon German at frequency #65,739 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anunknown, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sua, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sua, spelled S-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular femininum des Possessivpronomens suus
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural neutrum des Possessivpronomens suus
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural neutrum des Possessivpronomens suus
  4. 4
    (suā) Ablativ Singular femininum des Possessivpronomens suus

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sua"?
"sua" is spelled S-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "sua" mean?
As an unknown, "sua" means: Nominativ Singular femininum des Possessivpronomens suus
How do you pronounce "sua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sua" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sua" come from?
"sua" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list