# shelves vs shoves

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shelves
*noun · IPA /ˈʃɛlvz/ · frequency rank #10,276*
plural of shelf

### shoves
*noun · IPA /ʃʌvz/ · frequency rank #43,915*
plural of shove

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