Which to use
“even” is an adjective and “shared” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,532
- “even” frequency rank
- #37,777
- “shared” frequency rank
- 56309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | even | shared |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eben, ausgeglichen | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share |
Letter map: even vs shared
Shared letters muted; letters that set even and shared apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. even runs 4 letters (VCVC) against shared's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for even / shared
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and sharedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, 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 56309, this pair ranks #945,301 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of even vs shared
Shared letters: e. Private to "even": nv. Private to "shared": adhrs.
"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "even" and "shared" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "even" or "shared" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "even" vs "shared" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "even" 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 #945,301 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "even" 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 #945,301 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.