# said vs Sam

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### said
*verb · IPA [sɛd] · frequency rank #13,005*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs say

### 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/said-vs-sam