shafting
"shafting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shafting” is uncommon English (frequency #96,471 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,471
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Shafts collectively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shafting · shafting · English
shafting · rank #96,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,471
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Shadrach
Nearest frequency peer: Shadrach (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shafting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- semtex
semtex
3,537 corpus weight
- Sequoyah
Sequoyah
3,535 corpus weight
- SFL
SFL
3,532 corpus weight
- Shadrach
Shadrach
3,531 corpus weight
- shafting
shafting
3,530 corpus weight
- Shanklin
Shanklin
3,527 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shafting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shafting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shafting” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shafting is uncommon English at frequency #96,471 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
shafting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is shafting, spelled S-H-A-F-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Shafts collectively.
- 2A system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
- 3The act of deceiving or harming a person.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.