sunshine

/[ˈsʌnʃaɪn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,725

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sunshine is aGermannoun. It means: die sichtbare Licht- und Wärmestrahlen der Sonne Pronounced [ˈsʌnʃaɪn].

Key facts for sunshine
PropertyValue
Headwordsunshine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsʌnʃaɪn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,725
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sunshine is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsʌnʃaɪn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,725 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for sunshine, with forms such as "snushine", "ssunshine", and "sunhsine". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 sunshine, spelled S-U-N-S-H-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die sichtbare Licht- und Wärmestrahlen der Sonne
  2. 2
    eine für sich wertvolle Person

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: snushine,ssunshine,sunhsine,sunnshine,sunshhine,sunshien,sunshinne,sunshnie,sunsihne,sunsshine,susnhine,usnshine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sunshine

Misspelling Variants of "sunshine"

snushine8ssunshine9sunhsine8sunnshine9sunshhine9sunshien8sunshinne9sunshnie8
Misspelling Variants of "sunshine"

Frequency rank: #23,725 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sunshine"?
"sunshine" is spelled S-U-N-S-H-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsʌnʃaɪn].
What does "sunshine" mean?
As a noun, "sunshine" means: die sichtbare Licht- und Wärmestrahlen der Sonne
What are common misspellings of "sunshine"?
Common misspellings include "snushine", "ssunshine", "sunhsine", "sunnshine", "sunshhine". The correct spelling is "sunshine".
How do you pronounce "sunshine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sunshine" is [ˈsʌnʃaɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sunshine" come from?
"sunshine" 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.