sharedvsSphäreWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#37,777
“shared” frequency rank
#25,320
“Sphäre” frequency rank
63097
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature shared Sphäre
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share Bezeichnung für Himmelskugel, Himmelsgewölbe

Letter map: shared vs Sphäre

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

6 ch
shared
6 ch
Sphäre

Part-of-speech tell for shared / Sphäre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shared is averb and Sphäreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

shared is recorded at frequency rank #37,777, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Sphäre is at rank #25,320, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsfɛːʁə].

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 63097, this pair ranks #688,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of shared vs Sphäre

Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "shared": ad. Private to "Sphäre": .

"shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Sphäre" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sharedhsared · sahred · shaerd · sharde · sharedd · sharred · shhared · shraed

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "shared" for "Sphäre" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "shared" is a verb and "Sphäre" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "shared" or "Sphäre"?
"Sphäre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,320 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

You've compared "shared" and "Sphäre". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "shared" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sphäre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #688,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "shared" and "Sphäre" 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 #688,913 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