# sheep vs sheik

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sheep
*noun · IPA /ʃiːp/ · frequency rank #5,264*
A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

### sheik
*noun · IPA /ʃeɪk/ · frequency rank #25,572*
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.

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