# scale vs schäme

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scale
*noun · IPA [skeɪl] · frequency rank #31,769*
Waage

### schäme
*verb · IPA [ˈʃɛːmə] · frequency rank #14,170*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schämen

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