ship vs Suis, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ship” is a noun and “Suis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,970
“ship” frequency rank: #41,650
“Suis” frequency rank: 80620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ship	Suis
Definition	Barco.	Suiza.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set ship and Suis apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

ship

4 ch

Suis

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ship is /ʃɪp/ while Suis is /ˈsɥisː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ship is recorded at frequency rank #38,970, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɪp/. Suis is at rank #41,650, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈsɥisː/.

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 80620, this pair ranks #11,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ship vs Suis

Shared letters: is. Private to "ship": hp. Private to "Suis": u.

"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Suis ← sius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis

Frequency comparison

ship#38,970

Suis#41,650

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ship" and "Suis" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ship" is a noun and "Suis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ship" or "Suis"?

"ship" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,970 in our Spanish list, against #41,650 for "Suis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering ship vs Suis

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “ship”; for a name, it's “Suis”.
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