# Seamus vs Shams

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Seamus
*name · IPA /ˈʃeɪməs/ · frequency rank #28,011*
A male given name from Irish.

### 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/seamus-vs-shams