# schaut vs shut

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### schaut
*verb · IPA [ʃaʊ̯t] · frequency rank #1,818*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schauen

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

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