# shoes vs shuts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shoes
*noun · IPA /ʃuːz/ · frequency rank #2,180*
plural of shoe

### shuts
*verb · IPA /ʃʌts/ · frequency rank #15,273*
third-person singular simple present indicative of shut

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