# shakes vs Sharkey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shakes
*noun · IPA /ʃeɪks/ · frequency rank #12,139*
plural of shake

### Sharkey
*name · IPA /ˈʃɑɹki/ · frequency rank #47,904*
A surname from Irish.

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