# SARS vs say

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### SARS
*abbrev · IPA [zaʁs] · frequency rank #36,004*
Abkürzung für Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Schweres akutes Atemwegssyndrom

### say
*verb · IPA [seɪ] · frequency rank #12,786*
sagen

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