# ship vs shit

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ship
*noun · IPA /ʃɪp/ · frequency rank #1,254*
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.

### shit
*noun · IPA /ʃɪt/ · frequency rank #316*
Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ship-vs-shit