seravsshaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#33,291
“sera” frequency rank
#40,842
“sha” frequency rank
74133
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sera sha
Definition Plural des Substantivs serum eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen; trinken

Letter map: sera vs sha

Shared letters muted; letters that set sera and sha apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sera
3 ch
sha

Role in the sentence - sera and sha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sera is anoun and shaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sera is recorded at frequency rank #33,291, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sha is at rank #40,842, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃáː].

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 74133, this pair ranks #341,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sera vs sha

Shared letters: as. Private to "sera": er. Private to "sha": h.

"sera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sha" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • serasear · srea · ssera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sera" and "sha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sera" is a noun and "sha" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sera" or "sha"?
"sera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,291 in our German list, against #40,842 for "sha". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sera" and "sha".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #341,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sera" and "sha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seg vs sha". 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 #341,542 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