# shouts vs shrugs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shouts
*noun · IPA /ʃaʊts/ · frequency rank #14,216*
plural of shout

### shrugs
*noun · IPA /ʃɹʌɡz/ · frequency rank #28,366*
plural of shrug

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