Which to use
“scheine” is a verb and “Schweine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,625
- “scheine” frequency rank
- #6,854
- “Schweine” frequency rank
- 16479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scheine | Schweine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs scheinen | Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schwein |
Where the eye mixes scheine and Schweine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between scheine and Schweine
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: scheine is [ˈʃaɪ̯nə] while Schweine is [ˈʃvaɪ̯nə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scheine is recorded at frequency rank #9,625, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʃaɪ̯nə]. Schweine is at rank #6,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃvaɪ̯nə].
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 16479, this pair ranks #1,935,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of scheine vs Schweine
Shared letters: cehins. Private to "scheine": -. Private to "Schweine": w.
"scheine" · 7 letters · shape CCCVVCV · "Schweine" · 8 letters · shape CCCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scheine" and "Schweine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "scheine" or "Schweine" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "scheine" and "Schweine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "scheine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Schweine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,935,505 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scheine" and "Schweine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "scheine vs schwinge". 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 #1,935,505 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.