# Shea vs Shrek

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Shrek
*noun · IPA /ʃɹɛk/ · frequency rank #20,496*
An extremely ugly person.

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