says
[sɛz]
The verdict
“says” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #44,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,888
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs say
Corpus desk
Index DE-says · says · German
says · rank #44,888 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,888
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH saying
Nearest frequency peer: saying (-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 „says“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- salle
salle
55,116 corpus weight
- Sanssouci
Sanssouci
55,115 corpus weight
- saying
saying
55,114 corpus weight
- says
says
55,113 corpus weight
- Schablone
Schablone
55,112 corpus weight
- Schandfleck
Schandfleck
55,111 corpus weight
What this shows „says“ 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 | says |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sɛz] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „says“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around says (IPA [sɛz]), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,888 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs say".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for says, with forms such as "asys", "sasy", and "sayss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SS", "sy", "SMS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is says, spelled S-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs say
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asys
- sasy
- sayss
- sayys
- ssays
- syas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of says - 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 "says", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).