# Shea vs sheer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shea
*name · IPA /ʃeɪ/ · frequency rank #17,717*
A surname from Irish.

### sheer
*adjective · IPA /ˈʃɪə/ · frequency rank #7,060*
Very thin or transparent.

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