Which to use
“she's” is an abbrev and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,483
- “she's” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 56613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | she's | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | she is: sie ist | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: she's vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set she's and shows apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. she's runs 4 letters (CCVC) against shows's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - she's and shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she's is anabbrev and showsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56613, 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 […]. shows is at rank #8,130, tagged as averb, 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 56613, this pair ranks #933,550 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of she's vs shows
Shared letters: hs. Private to "she's": e. Private to "shows": ow.
"she's" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- shows ← hsows · shhows · shosw · showss · showws · shwos · sohws · sshows
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "she's" and "shows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "she's" or "shows" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "she's" and "shows".
- Full dictionary entry for "she's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #933,550 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "she's" and "shows" 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 #933,550 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.