seravsSprayWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“sera” and “Spray” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,291
“sera” frequency rank
#24,518
“Spray” frequency rank
57809
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sera Spray
Definition Plural des Substantivs serum Flüssigkeit, die mit einem Gerät in feinsten Teilchen versprüht, zerstäubt wird

Letter map: sera vs Spray

Shared letters muted; letters that set sera and Spray apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
sera
5 ch
Spray

Spelling & dictionary notes on sera vs Spray

sera and Spray are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sera is recorded at frequency rank #33,291, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Spray is at rank #24,518, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃpʁɛɪ̯].

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 57809, this pair ranks #886,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sera vs Spray

Shared letters: ars. Private to "sera": e. Private to "Spray": py.

"sera" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Spray" · 5 letters · shape CCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • serasear · srea · ssera
  • Spraypsray · spary · sppray · sprayy · sprray · sprya · srpay · sspray

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sera" and "Spray" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "sera" or "Spray" show up more?
"Spray" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,518 in our German list, against #33,291 for "sera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Spray" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #886,927 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sera" and "Spray" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sera". 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 #886,927 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