monkeyshine
/ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/
"monkeyshine" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“monkeyshine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A puerile prank or trick.
Corpus desk
Index EN-monkeyshine · monkeyshine · English
monkeyshine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monkeyshine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “monkeyshine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
monkeyshine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmʌnkiˌʃaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A puerile prank or trick.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for monkeyshine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From monkey + shine. The correct English form is monkeyshine, spelled M-O-N-K-E-Y-S-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A puerile prank or trick.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monkeyshine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have seen about as many monkeyshines from you as I will tolerate.
You may have noticed barefooted boys cutting up monkey-shines on trees with entire safety to themselves.
Etymology
From monkey + shine.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.