SagervssuperTell them apart

Quick tell: Sager is a noun, super is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#33,792
“Sager” frequency rank
#558
“super” frequency rank
34350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sager super
Definition der etwas sagt außergewöhnlich, sehr gut

Where the eye mixes Sager and super

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Sager
5 ch
super

Visual trap between Sager and super

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Sager is [ˈzaːɡɐ] while super is [ˈzuːpɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sager is recorded at frequency rank #33,792, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzaːɡɐ]. super is at rank #558, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈzuːpɐ].

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 34350, this pair ranks #1,665,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Sager vs super

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Sager": ag. Private to "super": pu.

"Sager" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "super" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sagerasger · saegr · sagerr · sagger · sagre · sgaer · ssager
  • superspuer · ssuper · suepr · superr · supper · supre · usper

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Sager" for "super" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sager" is a noun and "super" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Sager" or "super" show up more?
"super" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #558 in our German list, against #33,792 for "Sager". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "super" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,665,313 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sager" and "super" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sager vs Sake". 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 #1,665,313 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