SachevssacraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Sache” and “sacra” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#495
“Sache” frequency rank
#40,809
“sacra” frequency rank
41304
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sache sacra
Definition einzelner Gegenstand oder eine Gruppe von Dingen, die einer Person oder Angelegenheit zugehörig sind Plural des Substantivs sacrum

Letter map: Sache vs sacra

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sache and sacra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Sache
5 ch
sacra

Corpus notes: Sache and sacra

Sache and sacra 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sache is recorded at frequency rank #495, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzaxə]. sacra is at rank #40,809, tagged as anoun, 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 41304, this pair ranks #1,483,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sache vs sacra

Shared letters: acs. Private to "Sache": eh. Private to "sacra": r.

"Sache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sacra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sachesacche · saceh · sachhe · sahce · scahe · ssache
  • sacraascra · sacar · saccra · sacrra · sarca · scara · ssacra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Sache" and "sacra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Sache" vs "sacra" - which ranks higher?
"Sache" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #495 in our German list, against #40,809 for "sacra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Sache" and "sacra". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sacra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,483,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sache" and "sacra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sacra". 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 #1,483,443 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list