# shook

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃʊk/ · frequency rank #6,618

## Definitions
1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
2. The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

## Etymology
Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).

## Easily confused with
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-show)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-soon)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shot)
- **shop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shop)
- **soak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-soak)
- **sock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-sock)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-sooo)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-soot)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-sook)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-short)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shows)
- **stock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-stock)
- **shown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shown)
- **shoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shoot)
- **shots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shots)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-stood)
- **shops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shops)
- **shore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shore)
- **shout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-shout)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-spoon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hsook`, `shhook`, `shok`, `shoko`, `shookk`, `sohok`, `sshook`

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