shed tears
/ˈʃɛdˈtɪəz/
"shed-tears" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shed tears” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shed-tears · shed tears · English
shed tears · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | shed tears |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈʃɛdˈtɪəz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shed tears” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shed tears is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈʃɛdˈtɪəz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shed tears, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is shed tears, spelled S-H-E-D- -T-E-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.
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.