Which to use
“saké” and “shaker” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,653
- “saké” frequency rank
- #41,537
- “shaker” frequency rank
- 85190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saké | shaker |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°. | Bouteille, généralement métallique, munie d’un large couvercle amovible pour mélanger intimement les ingrédients composant un cocktail. |
Where the eye mixes saké and shaker
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses saké with shaker
A purely visual mix-up. saké (\sa.ke\) and shaker (\ʃɛ.kœʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saké is recorded at frequency rank #43,653, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ke\. shaker is at rank #41,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛ.kœʁ\.
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 85190, this pair ranks #11,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saké vs shaker
Shared letters: aks. Private to "saké": é. Private to "shaker": ehr.
"saké" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "shaker" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- shaker ← hsaker · sahker · shaekr · shakerr · shakker · shakre · shhaker · shkaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saké" for "shaker" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "saké" or "shaker" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "saké" and "shaker" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "saké" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shaker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,751 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saké" and "shaker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saké vs stase". 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 #11,751 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.