# Sh vs shut

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sh
*character · IPA [ʃ(ə)] · frequency rank #13,482*
27. Buchstabe des modernen albanischen Alphabets

### 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/sh-vs-shut