# sai vs say

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sai
*verb · IPA [ˈsai̯] · frequency rank #47,708*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sapere

### 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/sai-vs-say