inshore
"inshore" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inshore” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,692. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,692
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inshore · inshore · English
inshore · rank #41,692 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,692
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH ineptitude
Nearest frequency peer: ineptitude (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “inshore”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- implode
implode
58,313 corpus weight
- inane
inane
58,312 corpus weight
- industriali…
industrialisation
58,311 corpus weight
- ineptitude
ineptitude
58,310 corpus weight
- inshore
inshore
58,309 corpus weight
- intelligent…
intelligentsia
58,306 corpus weight
What this shows “inshore” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | inshore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “inshore”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around inshore, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,692 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for inshore, with forms such as "inhsore", "innshore", and "inshhore". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "insure", "inspire", "Indore", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is inshore, spelled I-N-S-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Close to (especially in sight of) a shore.
- 2Of a wind, blowing from the sea to the land.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inshore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inhsore
- innshore
- inshhore
- inshoer
- inshorre
- inshroe
- insohre
- insshore
- isnhore
- nishore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inshore - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).