# shoo vs SoA

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shoo
*verb · IPA /ʃuː/ · frequency rank #35,078*
To induce someone or something to leave.

### SoA
*name · frequency rank #35,088*
Initialism of Society of Authors, a United Kingdom trade union.

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