# Shawnee

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,936

## Definitions
1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow.

## Easily confused with
- **Shane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shane-vs-shawnee)
- **Shawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shawn-vs-shawnee)
- **Shatner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shatner-vs-shawnee)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsawnee`, `sahwnee`, `shanwee`, `shawene`, `shawne`, `shawnnee`, `shawwnee`, `shhawnee`, `shwanee`, `sshawnee`

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