# say vs sei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### sei
*verb · IPA [zaɪ̯] · frequency rank #185*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs sein

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