Which to use
“she's” is an abbrev and “shops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,483
- “she's” frequency rank
- #11,970
- “shops” frequency rank
- 60453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | she's | shops |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | she is: sie ist | Plural des Substantivs shop |
Letter map: she's vs shops
Shared letters muted; letters that set she's and shops apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. she's runs 4 letters (CCVC) against shops's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: she's vs shops
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she's is anabbrev and shopsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60453, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
she's is recorded at frequency rank #48,483, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. shops is at rank #11,970, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60453, this pair ranks #786,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of she's vs shops
Shared letters: hs. Private to "she's": e. Private to "shops": op.
"she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "shops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- shops ← hsops · shhops · shopps · shopss · shosp · shpos · sohps · sshops
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "she's" and "shops" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "she's" vs "shops" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "she's" vs "shops" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "she's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #786,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "she's" and "shops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs she's". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #786,393 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.