no shit, Sherlock
"no-shit-sherlock" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“no shit, Sherlock” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A retort to someone who has just said something obvious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-no-shit-sherlock · no shit, Sherlock · English
no shit, Sherlock · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | no shit, Sherlock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “no shit, Sherlock” in English
Rare enough to double-check
no shit, Sherlock is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A retort to someone who has just said something obvious.".
No misspelling variants are generated for no shit, Sherlock in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A reference to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, suggesting that the interlocutor has just made an obvious deduction, which they see as a great one. The correct English form is no shit, Sherlock, spelled N-O- -S-H-I-T-,- -S-H-E-R-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A retort to someone who has just said something obvious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how no shit, Sherlock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: no shit, you don't say, you think
"No shit, Sherlock. Take another look, see how they come to be bent."
Etymology
A reference to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, suggesting that the interlocutor has just made an obvious deduction, which they see as a great one.
This word in other languages
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.