# shelled vs shells

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shelled
*verb · IPA /ʃɛld/ · frequency rank #26,244*
simple past and past participle of shell

### shells
*noun · IPA /ʃɛlz/ · frequency rank #7,976*
plural of shell

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