Which to use
“essays” and “shared” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,877
- “essays” frequency rank
- #37,777
- “shared” frequency rank
- 55654
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essays | shared |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs essay | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share |
Letter map: essays vs shared
Shared letters muted; letters that set essays and shared apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. essays (VCCVVC) and shared (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - essays / shared
essays and shared 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 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essays is recorded at frequency rank #17,877, classified as averb, pronounced […]. shared is at rank #37,777, 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 55654, this pair ranks #971,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of essays vs shared
Shared letters: aes. Private to "essays": y. Private to "shared": dhr.
"essays" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "essays" and "shared" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "essays" or "shared" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "essays" and "shared".
- Full dictionary entry for "essays" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shared" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #971,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essays" and "shared" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shared". 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 #971,169 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.