# shards vs shorts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shards
*noun · IPA /ʃɑɹdz/ · frequency rank #27,281*
plural of shard

### shorts
*noun · IPA /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ · frequency rank #6,415*
plural of short

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shards-vs-shorts