Which to use
“Sachse” is a noun and “sachte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,273
- “Sachse” frequency rank
- #41,435
- “sachte” frequency rank
- 71708
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sachse | sachte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | in Sachsen (Deutschland) geborener oder dort auf Dauer lebender Mensch | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sacht |
Where the eye mixes Sachse and sachte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Sachse and sachte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Sachse vs sachte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sachse is [ˈzaksə] while sachte is [ˈzaxtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “Sachse” becomes t in “sachte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71708, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sachse is recorded at frequency rank #30,273, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzaksə]. sachte is at rank #41,435, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈzaxtə].
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 71708, this pair ranks #409,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Sachse vs sachte
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "Sachse": -. Private to "sachte": t.
"Sachse" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "sachte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Sachse" and "sachte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Sachse" or "sachte" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Sachse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sachte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,106 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sachse" and "sachte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sacher vs sachte". 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 #409,106 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.