# shades vs shadow

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### shades
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,790*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shade

### shadow
*noun · IPA [ʃædəʊ] · frequency rank #18,387*
Schatten

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