# she's vs Shem

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Shem
*name · frequency rank #40,019*
The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.

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