# scant vs shat

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### scant
*adjective · IPA /skænt/ · frequency rank #25,564*
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

### shat
*verb · IPA /ʃæt/ · frequency rank #39,557*
simple past and past participle of shit

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scant-vs-shat