sharedvsSparerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,777
“shared” frequency rank
#24,513
“Sparer” frequency rank
62290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature shared Sparer
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share Person, die etwas spart, besonders bei einer Bank oder Sparkasse

Letter map: shared vs Sparer

Shared letters muted; letters that set shared and Sparer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
shared
6 ch
Sparer

Grammar separator: shared vs Sparer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shared is averb and Spareranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

shared is recorded at frequency rank #37,777, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sparer is at rank #24,513, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpaːʁɐ].

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 62290, this pair ranks #718,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of shared vs Sparer

Shared letters: aers. Private to "shared": dh. Private to "Sparer": p.

"shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Sparer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sharedhsared · sahred · shaerd · sharde · sharedd · sharred · shhared · shraed
  • Sparerpsarer · saprer · spaerr · sparerr · sparrer · spparer · spraer · ssparer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "shared" for "Sparer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "shared" is a verb and "Sparer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "shared" vs "Sparer" - which ranks higher?
"Sparer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,513 in our German list, against #37,777 for "shared". 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 "shared" and "Sparer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "shared" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sparer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #718,352 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "shared" and "Sparer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shared". 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 #718,352 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