# shirt vs shut

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### shirt
*noun · IPA [ʃɜːt] · frequency rank #3,772*
Hemd

### shut
*verb · IPA [ʃʌt] · frequency rank #47,728*
schließen

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