# shy vs sry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shy
*adjective · IPA /ʃaɪ/ · frequency rank #5,551*
Easily frightened; timid.

### sry
*intj · frequency rank #48,505*
Abbreviation of sorry.

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