# shalt

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃælt/ · frequency rank #18,689

## Definitions
1. second-person singular simple present indicative of shall

## Etymology
From Middle English schalt, from Old English sċealt, from Proto-West Germanic *skalt. Compare wilt.

## Easily confused with
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shit)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shot)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shut)
- **shaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shaw)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-stat)
- **SWAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-swat)
- **sham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-sham)
- **spat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-spat)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shan)
- **shay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shay)
- **silt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-silt)
- **shat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shat)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-start)
- **small** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-small)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-short)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-share)
- **smart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-smart)
- **shoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shoot)
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shape)
- **shirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shirt)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsalt`, `sahlt`, `shallt`, `shaltt`, `shatl`, `shhalt`, `shlat`, `sshalt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shalt