Which to use
“saké” and “shame” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,653
- “saké” frequency rank
- #36,158
- “shame” frequency rank
- 79811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saké | shame |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vin de riz japonais, produit par fermentation comme la bière, titrant de 14° à 17°. | Honte. |
Where the eye mixes saké and shame
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. saké runs 4 letters (CVCV) against shame's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between saké and shame
A purely visual mix-up. saké (\sa.ke\) and shame (\ˈʃeɪm\) 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 79811, 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\. shame is at rank #36,158, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈʃeɪm\.
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 79811, this pair ranks #22,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of saké vs shame
Shared letters: as. Private to "saké": ké. Private to "shame": ehm.
"saké" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "saké" and "shame" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "saké" or "shame"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "saké" and "shame" 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 "shame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,435 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saké" and "shame" 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 #22,435 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.