# scheiden vs Schein

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### scheiden
*verb · IPA [ˈʃaɪ̯dn̩] · frequency rank #8,776*
räumlich voneinander trennen

### Schein
*noun · IPA [ʃaɪ̯n] · frequency rank #6,349*
schwaches Leuchten (Schimmer) bis helles grelles Blenden

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