Which to use
“magister” is a noun and “shared” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,334
- “magister” frequency rank
- #37,777
- “shared” frequency rank
- 58111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magister | shared |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meister, Vorsteher, der Vorgesetzte, Leiter, Aufseher, Anführer | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share |
Letter map: magister vs shared
Shared letters muted; letters that set magister and shared apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. magister runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against shared's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - magister and shared
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magister is anoun and sharedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magister is recorded at frequency rank #20,334, classified as anoun, 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 58111, this pair ranks #875,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magister vs shared
Shared letters: aers. Private to "magister": gimt. Private to "shared": dh.
"magister" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "magister" for "shared" ever safe?
Frequency check: "magister" vs "shared" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "magister" and "shared".
- Full dictionary entry for "magister" 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 #875,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magister" 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 #875,399 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.