Which to use
“shake” is a noun and “she” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,206
- “shake” frequency rank
- #8,962
- “she” frequency rank
- 24168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shake | she |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sacudidela, abalo, tremor | caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. |
Letter map: shake vs she
Shared letters muted; letters that set shake and she apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for shake / she
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shake is anoun and sheapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shake is recorded at frequency rank #15,206, classified as anoun, pronounced /'ʃeɪk/. she is at rank #8,962, tagged as apron.
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 24168, this pair ranks #45,518 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of shake vs she
Shared letters: ehs. Private to "shake": ak. Private to "she": -.
"shake" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "she" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shake ← hsake · sahke · shaek · shakke · shhake · shkae · sshake
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "shake" and "she". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "shake" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "she" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,518 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shake" and "she" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shake vs shire". 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 #45,518 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.