segvssegneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: seg is a pronoun, segne is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seg” is a pronoun and “segne” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,245
“seg” frequency rank
#32,261
“segne” frequency rank
81506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seg segne
Definition sich 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs segnen

Letter map: seg vs segne

Shared letters muted; letters that set seg and segne apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. seg runs 3 letters (CVC) against segne's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
seg
5 ch
segne

Grammar separator: seg vs segne

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seg is apronoun and segneaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “seg” sits inside “segne”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seg is recorded at frequency rank #49,245, classified as apron, pronounced […]. segne is at rank #32,261, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈzeːɡnə].

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 81506, this pair ranks #174,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of seg vs segne

Shared letters: egs. Private to "seg": -. Private to "segne": n.

"seg" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "segne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • segne ← esgne · seggne · segnne · senge · sgene · ssegne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "seg" and "segne" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seg" is a pronoun and "segne" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "seg" vs "segne" - which ranks higher?
"segne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,261 in our German list, against #49,245 for "seg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "seg" vs "segne" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "segne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seg" and "segne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seg". 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 #174,507 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list