# shake vs shark

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### shake
*verb · IPA [ʃeɪk] · frequency rank #24,125*
jemanden oder etwas schütteln

### shark
*noun · IPA [ʃɑːk] · frequency rank #40,843*
der Haifisch, Hai

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