# Shrek

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɹɛk/ · frequency rank #20,496

## Definitions
1. An extremely ugly person.

## Etymology
From the fictional ogre Shrek, created by the American author William Steig for his 1990 picture book Shrek! and popularized by the DreamWorks computer-animated movie franchise, whose name derives from Yiddish שרעק (shrek, “fright”).

## Easily confused with
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-sure)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-sore)
- **Shri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shri)
- **sire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-sire)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-spree)
- **siren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-siren)
- **sleek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-sleek)
- **shrug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrug)
- **shrub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrub)
- **shrew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrew)
- **strep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-strep)
- **streak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-streak)
- **shrink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrink)
- **shrunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrunk)
- **shrewd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrewd)
- **shriek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shriek)
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/she-vs-shrek)
- **seek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seek-vs-shrek)
- **shoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoe-vs-shrek)
- **shed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shed-vs-shrek)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsrek`, `sherk`, `shhrek`, `shrekk`, `shrke`, `shrrek`, `srhek`, `sshrek`

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