# east vs shame

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### east
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #10,842*
Ost(en) (Himmelsrichtung)

### shame
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #43,491*
jemanden beschämen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/east-vs-shame