shoppen

/[ˈʃɔpn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,384

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

shoppen is aGermanverb. It means: einen Geschäftsbummel machen Pronounced [ˈʃɔpn̩]. Often confused with Suppen and stoppen.

Key facts for shoppen
PropertyValue
Headwordshoppen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɔpn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,384
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of shoppen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for shoppen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃɔpn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,384 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einen Geschäftsbummel machen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for shoppen, with forms such as "hsoppen", "shhoppen", and "shopen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Suppen", "stoppen", "stopfen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is shoppen, spelled S-H-O-P-P-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Geschäftsbummel machen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hsoppen,shhoppen,shopen,shopepn,shoppenn,shoppne,shpopen,sohppen,sshoppen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for shoppen

Misspelling Variants of "shoppen"

hsoppen7shhoppen8shopen6shopepn7shoppenn8shoppne7shpopen7sohppen7
Misspelling Variants of "shoppen"

Frequency rank: #12,384 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shoppen"?
"shoppen" is spelled S-H-O-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔpn̩].
What does "shoppen" mean?
As a verb, "shoppen" means: einen Geschäftsbummel machen
What words are commonly confused with "shoppen"?
"shoppen" is commonly confused with "Suppen", "stoppen", "stopfen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shoppen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shoppen" is [ˈʃɔpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shoppen" come from?
"shoppen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.