# said vs shi

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/said-vs-shi