# sage vs Sam

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sage
*verb · IPA [ˈzaːɡə] · frequency rank #1,430*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sagen

### Sam
*name · IPA [sɛm] · frequency rank #5,019*
männlicher Vorname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sage-vs-sam