shoe and shoo are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. shoe means “footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material”. shoo means “drive away by crying `shoo!'”. shoe is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈʃu/
1.n.footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
2.n.(card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
3.n.U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof
/ˈʃu/
| shoe | shoo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃu/ | /ˈʃu/ |
| Said | shoo | shoo |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 4 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | verb |
| Senses | 5 | 1 |
| How common | Common | Familiar |
| Synonyms | none recorded | shoo off, shoo away |
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1.v.drive away by crying `shoo!'