# shouts vs shuts

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shouts-vs-shuts