# Shek

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #43,911

## Definitions
1. A surname from Cantonese.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 石 (sek⁶), when the initial was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

## Easily confused with
- **SK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sk)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sue)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shy)
- **shi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shi)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sho)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sie)
- **SME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sme)
- **SSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sse)
- **shh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shh)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-soe)
- **sik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sik)
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sle)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-show)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shit)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shot)
- **ship** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-ship)
- **shop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shop)
- **sick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-sick)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-shut)
- **suck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shek-vs-suck)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hsek`, `sehk`, `shekk`, `shhek`, `shke`, `sshek`

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