Which to use
“share” and “sire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,310
- “share” frequency rank
- #9,914
- “sire” frequency rank
- 44224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | share | sire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participation. | Seigneur. |
Where the eye mixes share and sire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses share with sire
A purely visual mix-up. share (\ʃɛə(ɹ)\) and sire (\siʁ\) 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 44224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
share is recorded at frequency rank #34,310, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛə(ɹ)\. sire is at rank #9,914, tagged as anoun, pronounced \siʁ\.
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 44224, this pair ranks #212,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
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
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "share" and "sire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "share" or "sire"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "share" and "sire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "share" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,107 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "share" and "sire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "share 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 #212,107 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.