# shore vs short

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### shore
*verb · IPA [ˈʃoːɐ̯…] · frequency rank #37,779*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs shear

### short
*verb · IPA [ʃɔːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #11,751*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shore-vs-short