SachervsschierWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Sacher is a name, schier is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sacher” is a name and “schier” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,952
“Sacher” frequency rank
#15,199
“schier” frequency rank
62151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sacher schier
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname rein, von gleichmäßiger Beschaffenheit, ohne Beimengung

Letter map: Sacher vs schier

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sacher and schier apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Sacher (CVCCVC) and schier (CCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Sacher
6 ch
schier

Part-of-speech tell for Sacher / schier

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sacher is aname and schieranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sacher is recorded at frequency rank #46,952, classified as aname, pronounced […]. schier is at rank #15,199, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʃiːɐ̯].

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 62151, this pair ranks #723,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sacher vs schier

Shared letters: cehrs. Private to "Sacher": a. Private to "schier": i.

"Sacher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "schier" · 6 letters · shape CCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sacher ← ascher · saccher · sacehr · sacherr · sachher · sachre · sahcer · scaher
  • schier ← cshier · scchier · scheir · schhier · schierr · shcier · sschier

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Sacher" and "schier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sacher" is a name and "schier" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Sacher" vs "schier" - which ranks higher?
"schier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,199 in our German list, against #46,952 for "Sacher". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Sacher" and "schier". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sacher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "schier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #723,326 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sacher" and "schier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Sacher". 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 #723,326 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