Which to use
“shame” is a verb and “she” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,491
- “shame” frequency rank
- #11,521
- “she” frequency rank
- 55012
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shame | she |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden beschämen | sie |
Letter map: shame vs she
Shared letters muted; letters that set shame and she apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for shame / she
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shame is averb and sheapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shame is recorded at frequency rank #43,491, classified as averb, pronounced […]. 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 55012, this pair ranks #996,155 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shame vs she
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "shame": am. Private to "she": -.
"shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "she" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shame" and "she" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "shame" or "she" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "shame" and "she". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "shame" 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 #996,155 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shame" and "she" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shame". 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 #996,155 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.