Which to use
“shaker” and “stalker” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,537
- “shaker” frequency rank
- #37,566
- “stalker” frequency rank
- 79103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shaker | stalker |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bouteille, généralement métallique, munie d’un large couvercle amovible pour mélanger intimement les ingrédients composant un cocktail. | Personne qui surveille la vie de quelqu’un, notamment sur Internet. Harceleur. |
Where the eye mixes shaker and stalker
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses shaker with stalker
A purely visual mix-up. shaker (\ʃɛ.kœʁ\) and stalker (\stɔl.kœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shaker is recorded at frequency rank #41,537, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛ.kœʁ\. stalker is at rank #37,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stɔl.kœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79103, this pair ranks #24,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shaker vs stalker
Shared letters: aekrs. Private to "shaker": h. Private to "stalker": lt.
"shaker" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stalker" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shaker" and "stalker" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "shaker" vs "stalker" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "shaker" and "stalker" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "shaker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stalker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shaker" and "stalker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shaker vs shower". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #24,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.