# Sherry vs sorry

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sherry
*noun · IPA [ˈʃɛʁi] · frequency rank #40,208*
gelblicher Likörwein aus Spanien

### sorry
*intj · IPA [ˈzɔʁi] · frequency rank #1,789*
Entschuldigung!

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