# shark

> German word · Noun · IPA [ʃɑːk] · frequency rank #40,843

## Definitions
1. der Haifisch, Hai
2. eine skrupellose, hinterlistige Person

## Easily confused with
- **Star** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-star)
- **spar** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-spar)
- **Shaw** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-shaw)
- **stark** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-stark)
- **Start** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-start)
- **starb** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-starb)
- **shirt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-shirt)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-stars)
- **smart** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-smart)
- **spart** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-spart)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-short)
- **starr** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-starr)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-spare)
- **Snack** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-snack)
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-sharp)
- **Stack** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-stack)
- **shore** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-shore)
- **shock** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-shock)
- **Stärke** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-starke)
- **stärkt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shark-vs-starkt)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsark`, `sahrk`, `shakr`, `sharkk`, `sharrk`, `shhark`, `shrak`, `sshark`

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