segavsstaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sega is a noun, sta is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sega” is a noun and “sta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,475
“sega” frequency rank
#18,707
“sta” frequency rank
67182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sega sta
Definition die Säge: Werkzeug zum Bearbeiten und Zerteilen von Holz, Stein, Metall, Kunststoff und anderen festen Materialien Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs star (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)

Letter map: sega vs sta

Shared letters muted; letters that set sega and sta apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sega
3 ch
sta

Role in the sentence - sega and sta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sega is anoun and staaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sega is recorded at frequency rank #48,475, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈseːɡa]. sta is at rank #18,707, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 67182, this pair ranks #548,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sega vs sta

Shared letters: as. Private to "sega": eg. Private to "sta": t.

"sega" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sta" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • segaesga · seag · segga · sgea · ssega

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sega" for "sta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sega" is a noun and "sta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sega" vs "sta" - which ranks higher?
"sta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,707 in our German list, against #48,475 for "sega". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "sega" and "sta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #548,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sega" and "sta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sega vs serra". 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 #548,604 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