seg vs sei, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#49,245
“seg” frequency rank: #185
“sei” frequency rank: 49430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	seg	sei
Definition	sich	2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs sein

Letter map: seg vs sei

Shared letters muted; letters that set seg and sei apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

seg

3 ch

sei

Grammar separator: seg vs sei

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seg is apronoun and seiaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “seg” becomes i in “sei”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seg is recorded at frequency rank #49,245, classified as apron, pronounced […]. sei is at rank #185, tagged as averb, pronounced [zaɪ̯].

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 49430, this pair ranks #1,211,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seg vs sei

Shared letters: es. Private to "seg": g. Private to "sei": i.

"seg" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sei" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seg" for "sei" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seg" is a pronoun and "sei" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "seg" or "sei" show up more?

"sei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #185 in our German list, against #49,245 for "seg". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seg" and "sei".

Full dictionary entry for "seg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sei" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,211,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"seg" and "sei" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seg". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,211,811 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.