sachtvssacraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sacht is a adjective, sacra is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sacht” is an adjective and “sacra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,102
“sacht” frequency rank
#40,809
“sacra” frequency rank
82911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sacht sacra
Definition sehr schwach ausgeprägt oder auch sehr langsam und deshalb kaum zu merken Plural des Substantivs sacrum

Letter map: sacht vs sacra

Shared letters muted; letters that set sacht and sacra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sacht (CVCCC) and sacra (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
sacht
5 ch
sacra

Part-of-speech tell for sacht / sacra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sacht is anadjective and sacraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sacht is recorded at frequency rank #42,102, classified as anadj, pronounced [zaxt]. 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 82911, this pair ranks #148,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sacht vs sacra

Shared letters: acs. Private to "sacht": ht. Private to "sacra": r.

"sacht" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "sacra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sacht ← ascht · saccht · sachht · sachtt · sacth · sahct · scaht · ssacht
  • sacra ← ascra · sacar · saccra · sacrra · sarca · scara · ssacra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sacht" for "sacra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sacht" is an adjective and "sacra" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sacht" vs "sacra" - which ranks higher?
"sacra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,809 in our German list, against #42,102 for "sacht". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "sacht" vs "sacra" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sacht" 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 #148,868 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sacht" 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 #148,868 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