# Sark vs shark

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sark
*name · IPA /sɑːk/ · frequency rank #42,880*
One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.

### shark
*noun · IPA /ʃɑːk/ · frequency rank #6,098*
Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

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