shirt

[ʃɜːt]

/[ʃɜːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“shirt” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #3,772. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,772
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hemd

Corpus desk

Index DE-shirt · shirt · German

shirt · rank #3,772 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,772
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schleswig

Nearest frequency peer: Schleswig (-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 „shirt“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „shirt“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shirt vs Sir
40% similar
shirt vs sit
60% similar
shirt vs shit
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shirt
PropertyValue
Headwordshirt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃɜːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,772
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „shirt“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).shirtliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Schleswig“ (#3,771), „singles“ (#3,773), „Schiffe“ (#3,770). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „shirt“ bei #3,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around shirt (IPA [ʃɜːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,772 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hemd".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for shirt, with forms such as "hsirt", "shhirt", and "shirrt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sir", "sit", "shit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is shirt, spelled S-H-I-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hemd

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how shirt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Are you going to wear a shirt to the restaurant tonight?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsirt
  • shhirt
  • shirrt
  • shirtt
  • shitr
  • shrit
  • sihrt
  • sshirt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shirt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hsirt2shhirt1shirrt1shirtt1shitr2shrit2sihrt2sshirt1
Edit distance from "shirt"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shirt"?
"shirt" is spelled S-H-I-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃɜːt].
What does "shirt" mean?
As a noun, "shirt" means: Hemd
What words are commonly confused with "shirt"?
"shirt" is commonly confused with "Sir", "sit", "shit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shirt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shirt" is [ʃɜːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shirt" come from?
"shirt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shirt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sauer#3,769stört#3,778Weite#3,783wovon#3,785

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

nation8 variantsAnnahme8 variantsKanada8 variantsGemüse8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list