# shiv vs sic

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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).

### sic
*adverb · IPA /sɪk/ · frequency rank #12,684*
Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.

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