# sai vs shi

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### shi
*pronoun · IPA [ʃíː] · frequency rank #42,128*
Personalpronomen 3. Person Maskulinum Singular; er

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