# seats vs shears

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### seats
*noun · IPA /siːts/ · frequency rank #2,860*
plural of seat

### shears
*noun · IPA /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #33,016*
plural of shear

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