# shut vs sum

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### sum
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,289*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

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