SehervssheWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Seher is a noun, she is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Seher” is a noun and “she” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,624
“Seher” frequency rank
#11,521
“she” frequency rank
51145
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Seher she
Definition jemand, der sich etwas ansieht sie

Where the eye mixes Seher and she

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Seher
3 ch
she

Look-alike desk: Seher vs she

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Seher is [ˈzeːɐ] while she is [ʃiː]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Seher is recorded at frequency rank #39,624, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈzeːɐ]. she is at rank #11,521, tagged as apron, pronounced [ʃiː].

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 51145, this pair ranks #1,146,747 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Seher vs she

Shared letters: ehs. Private to "Seher": r. Private to "she": -.

"Seher" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "she" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Seheresher · seehr · seherr · sehher · sehre · sheer · sseher

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Seher" and "she" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Seher" is a noun and "she" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Seher" vs "she" - which ranks higher?
"she" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,521 in our German list, against #39,624 for "Seher". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Seher" and "she" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Seher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "she" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,146,747 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Seher" and "she" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Seher vs steter". 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 #1,146,747 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