# saint vs Shinto

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### saint
*noun · IPA /seɪnt/ · frequency rank #3,584*
A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue.

### Shinto
*name · IPA /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/ · frequency rank #46,175*
Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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