Which to use
“Schafe” is a noun and “shame” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,390
- “Schafe” frequency rank
- #43,491
- “shame” frequency rank
- 50881
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Schafe | shame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schaf | jemanden beschämen |
Letter map: Schafe vs shame
Shared letters muted; letters that set Schafe and shame apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Schafe runs 6 letters (CCCVCV) 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 Schafe / shame
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Schafe is anoun and shameaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Schafe is recorded at frequency rank #7,390, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃaːfə]. 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 50881, this pair ranks #1,156,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Schafe vs shame
Shared letters: aehs. Private to "Schafe": cf. Private to "shame": m.
"Schafe" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCV · "shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Schafe" and "shame" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Schafe" or "shame"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Schafe" and "shame".
- Full dictionary entry for "Schafe" 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 #1,156,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Schafe" and "shame" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shame". 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 #1,156,754 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.