# shore vs smoke

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### smoke
*noun · IPA [sməʊk] · frequency rank #33,824*
Rauch von etwas Brennendem

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