# Shams vs she's

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shams
*name · frequency rank #44,483*
A surname from Arabic.

### she's
*contraction · IPA /ʃiːz/ · frequency rank #552*
Contraction of she + is.

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