# sales vs shale

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sales
*noun · IPA /seɪlz/ · frequency rank #1,028*
plural of sale

### shale
*noun · IPA /ʃeɪl/ · frequency rank #11,460*
A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.

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