# shaw

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɔː/ · frequency rank #6,296

## Definitions
1. A thicket; a small wood or grove.
2. The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.

## Etymology
From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.

## Easily confused with
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sw)
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-she)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-shy)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-spa)
- **shi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-shi)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sow)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sta)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sho)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sia)
- **ska** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-ska)
- **shh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-shh)
- **SMA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sma)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-soa)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-ssa)
- **SLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sla)
- **SJW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sjw)
- **SNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-sna)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-show)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-shit)
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaw-vs-stay)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hsaw`, `sahw`, `shaww`, `shhaw`, `shwa`, `sshaw`

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