sahen
[ˈzaːən]
The verdict
“sahen” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,987. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,987
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-sahen · sahen · German
sahen · rank #2,987 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,987
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Prinz
Nearest frequency peer: Prinz (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „sahen“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Motto
Motto
97,017 corpus weight
- Nachfrage
Nachfrage
97,016 corpus weight
- Prinz
Prinz
97,015 corpus weight
- sahen
sahen
97,014 corpus weight
- Schriften
Schriften
97,013 corpus weight
- Sebastian
Sebastian
97,012 corpus weight
What this shows „sahen“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sahen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzaːən] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „sahen“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around sahen (IPA [ˈzaːən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,987 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sahen, with forms such as "ashen", "saehn", and "sahenn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "she", "Sohn", "sehe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sahen, spelled S-A-H-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehen
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ashen
- saehn
- sahenn
- sahhen
- shaen
- ssahen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sahen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sahen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).