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.
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": pä.
"shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Sphäre" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shared ← hsared · sahred · shaerd · sharde · sharedd · sharred · shhared · shraed
Frequently Asked Questions
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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.