# sand vs shad

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sand
*noun · IPA /ˈsænd/ · frequency rank #3,392*
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

### shad
*noun · IPA /ʃæd/ · frequency rank #35,509*
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.

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