# shah vs Shri

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shah
*noun · IPA /ʃɑː/ · frequency rank #9,535*
A king of Persia or Iran.

### Shri
*noun · frequency rank #13,423*
A title of respect used before male names, Mr.

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