# Sau vs shut

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sau
*noun · IPA [zaʊ̯] · frequency rank #5,422*
weibliches Schwein ab dem ersten Ferkeln

### shut
*verb · IPA [ʃʌt] · frequency rank #47,728*
schließen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sau-vs-shut