# shanti vs Shari

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shanti
*intj · IPA /ʃɑːnti/ · frequency rank #37,684*
A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.

### Shari
*name · frequency rank #41,878*
A diminutive of the female given name Sharon, variant of Sherry.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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