shin
[ʃɪn]
The verdict
“shin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #31,269. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,269
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neben dem Wadenbein einer der beiden, mithin der kräftigere Knochen des Unterschenkels
Corpus desk
Index DE-shin · shin · German
shin · rank #31,269 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,269
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Serienmörder
Nearest frequency peer: Serienmörder (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „shin“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- seltsamerwe…
seltsamerweise
68,735 corpus weight
- Semestern
Semestern
68,734 corpus weight
- Serienmörder
Serienmörder
68,733 corpus weight
- shin
shin
68,732 corpus weight
- Sirup
Sirup
68,731 corpus weight
- SKA
SKA
68,730 corpus weight
What this shows „shin“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɪn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „shin“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around shin (IPA [ʃɪn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,269 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "neben dem Wadenbein einer der beiden, mithin der kräftigere Knochen des Unterschenkels".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shin, with forms such as "hsin", "shhin", and "shinn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sn", "sie", "Sir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is shin, spelled S-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1neben dem Wadenbein einer der beiden, mithin der kräftigere Knochen des Unterschenkels
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsin
- shhin
- shinn
- shni
- sihn
- sshin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).