# Shaffer vs suffer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shaffer
*name · IPA /ˈʃeɪ.fɚ/ · frequency rank #38,159*
A surname from German.

### suffer
*verb · IPA /ˈsʌfə/ · frequency rank #3,338*
To undergo hardship.

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