# sec vs she

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sec
*noun · IPA /sɛk/ · frequency rank #4,268*
Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.

### she
*pronoun · IPA /ʃiː/ · frequency rank #64*
The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.

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