# schäme vs shame

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### shame
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,491*
jemanden beschämen

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