# says vs Shams

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### says
*verb · IPA /sɛz/ · frequency rank #310*
third-person singular simple present indicative of say

### Shams
*name · frequency rank #44,483*
A surname from Arabic.

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