Which to use
“share” and “sire” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #642
- “share” frequency rank
- #16,586
- “sire” frequency rank
- 17228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | share | sire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone. | A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. |
Where the eye mixes share and sire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. share (/ʃɛə/) and sire (/saɪə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
share is recorded at frequency rank #642, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛə/. sire is at rank #16,586, tagged as anoun, pronounced /saɪə(ɹ)/.
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 17228, this pair ranks #452,788 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of share vs sire
Shared letters: ers. Private to "share": ah. Private to "sire": i.
"share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "sire" · 4 letters · shape CVCV