sharingvsSOGWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sharing is a verb, SOG is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sharing” is a verb and “SOG” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,768
“sharing” frequency rank
#3,997
“SOG” frequency rank
25765
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sharing SOG
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs share Gesetz über die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung (Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz)

Letter map: sharing vs SOG

Shared letters muted; letters that set sharing and SOG apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
sharing
3 ch
SOG

Role in the sentence - sharing and SOG

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sharing is averb and SOGanabbrev. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sharing is recorded at frequency rank #21,768, classified as averb, pronounced […]. SOG is at rank #3,997, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 25765, this pair ranks #1,828,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sharing vs SOG

Shared letters: gs. Private to "sharing": ahinr. Private to "SOG": o.

"sharing" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC  ·  "SOG" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sharinghsaring · sahring · shairng · sharign · sharingg · sharinng · sharnig · sharring

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sharing" and "SOG" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sharing" is a verb and "SOG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sharing" or "SOG"?
"SOG" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,997 in our German list, against #21,768 for "sharing". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "sharing" vs "SOG" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sharing" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "SOG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,828,338 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sharing" and "SOG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sharing". 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 #1,828,338 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