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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacht" for "sacra" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sacht" vs "sacra" - which ranks higher?
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.