# Shashi vs Stasi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shashi
*name · frequency rank #49,043*
A district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

### Stasi
*name · IPA /ˈstɑːzi/ · frequency rank #37,706*
The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

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