Which to use
“Sake” is a noun and “shame” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,710
- “Sake” frequency rank
- #43,491
- “shame” frequency rank
- 91201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sake | shame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | japanisches alkoholisches Getränk, das aus mit Hefe vergorenem Reis hergestellt wird und heiß getrunken wird | jemanden beschämen |
Letter map: Sake vs shame
Shared letters muted; letters that set Sake and shame apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Sake runs 4 letters (CVCV) against shame's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Sake / shame
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sake is anoun and shameaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sake is recorded at frequency rank #47,710, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzaːkə]. shame is at rank #43,491, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 91201, this pair ranks #39,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Sake vs shame
Shared letters: aes. Private to "Sake": k. Private to "shame": hm.
"Sake" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Sake" and "shame" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Sake" or "shame"?
What to do next
You've compared "Sake" and "shame". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Sake" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sake" and "shame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sake vs Sire". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #39,971 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.