# said vs shin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### said
*verb · IPA /sɛd/ · frequency rank #100*
simple past and past participle of say

### shin
*noun · IPA /ʃɪn/ · frequency rank #11,461*
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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