sheepshagger
"sheepshagger" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheepshagger” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheepshagger |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sheepshagger” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sheepshagger is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sheepshagger, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s. The correct English form is sheepshagger, spelled S-H-E-E-P-S-H-A-G-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
- 2A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
- 3A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
- 4A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
Etymology
From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.
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.
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Using “sheepshagger”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-H-E-E-P-S-H-A-G-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.