# sage vs say

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### say
*verb · IPA [seɪ] · frequency rank #12,786*
sagen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sage-vs-say