# said vs shin

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### shin
*noun · IPA [ʃɪn] · frequency rank #31,269*
neben dem Wadenbein einer der beiden, mithin der kräftigere Knochen des Unterschenkels

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