# schien vs Serien

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### schien
*verb · IPA [ʃiːn] · frequency rank #3,148*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheinen

### Serien
*noun · IPA [ˈzeːʁiən] · frequency rank #3,848*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Serie

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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