# shill vs skills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shill
*noun · IPA /ʃɪl/ · frequency rank #42,892*
A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

### skills
*verb · IPA /skɪlz/ · frequency rank #1,774*
third-person singular simple present indicative of skill

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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