# shut vs Spur

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Spur
*noun · IPA [ʃpuːɐ̯] · frequency rank #2,469*
hinweisgebende Hinterlassenschaft

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