# ships vs shiv

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ships
*noun · IPA /ʃɪps/ · frequency rank #2,762*
plural of ship

### shiv
*noun · IPA /ʃɪv/ · frequency rank #25,924*
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

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