sha

[ʃáː]

/[ʃáː]/ verb

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The verdict

“sha” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,842) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#40,842
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen; trinken

Corpus desk

Index DE-sha · sha · German

sha · rank #40,842 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,842
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH shark

Nearest frequency peer: shark (+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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „sha“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „sha“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sha vs so
33% similar
sha vs SV
0% similar
sha vs SS
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sha
PropertyValue
Headwordsha
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃáː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#40,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „sha“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).shaliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „shark“ (#40,843), „serious“ (#40,840), „Semmeln“ (#40,839). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sha“ bei #40,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sha is neighbouring look-alikes ("so", "SV", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ʃáː]. Frequency #40,842 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Gloss: "eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen; trinken".

sha has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SV", "SS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is sha, spelled S-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen; trinken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sha"?
"sha" is spelled S-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃáː].
What does "sha" mean?
As a verb, "sha" means: eine Flüssigkeit aufnehmen; trinken
What words are commonly confused with "sha"?
"sha" is commonly confused with "so", "SV", "SS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sha" is [ʃáː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sha" come from?
"sha" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ros#40,800TVs#40,900ppm#40,761oak#40,732

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list