# Shih vs sich

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shih
*name · IPA /ˌʌnˈʃiː/ · frequency rank #30,967*
A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin.

### sich
*noun · IPA /siːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #42,895*
An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.

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