Which to use
“shop” is a noun and “shut” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,063
- “shop” frequency rank
- #41,005
- “shut” frequency rank
- 54068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shop | shut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Atelier, espace de travail, endroit où on fabrique quelque chose. | Refermer, fermer ce qui était ouvert, fermer. |
Letter map: shop vs shut
Shared letters muted; letters that set shop and shut apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. shop and shut follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - shop and shut
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shop is anoun and shutaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shop is recorded at frequency rank #13,063, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɔp\. shut is at rank #41,005, tagged as averb.
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 54068, this pair ranks #136,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shop vs shut
Shared letters: hs. Private to "shop": op. Private to "shut": tu.
"shop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "shut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "shop" for "shut" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "shop" or "shut" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "shop" vs "shut" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "shop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shop" and "shut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shut vs suu". 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 #136,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.