shades vs share, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#31,790
“shades” frequency rank: #22,140
“share” frequency rank: 53930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	shades	share
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shade	teilen

Letter map: shades vs share

Shared letters muted; letters that set shades and share apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

shades

5 ch

Corpus notes: shades and share

shades and share 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 53930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

shades is recorded at frequency rank #31,790, classified as averb, pronounced […]. share is at rank #22,140, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʃɛər].

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 53930, this pair ranks #1,038,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of shades vs share

Shared letters: aehs. Private to "shades": d. Private to "share": r.

"shades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

shades ← hsades · sahdes · shaddes · shadess · shadse · shaeds · shdaes · shhades
share ← hsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "shades" and "share" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "shades" or "share"?

"share" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,140 in our German list, against #31,790 for "shades". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "shades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "share" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,038,729 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"shades" and "share" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shades". 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 #1,038,729 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.