# scouts vs shoots

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### scouts
*noun · IPA /skaʊts/ · frequency rank #10,125*
plural of scout

### shoots
*noun · IPA /ʃuːts/ · frequency rank #7,608*
plural of shoot

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