shemale
/ˈʃi.meɪl/
"shemale" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shemale” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,017
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shemale |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃi.meɪl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shemale” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around shemale (IPA /ˈʃi.meɪl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,017 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for shemale, with forms such as "hsemale", "sehmale", and "sheamle". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "shale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From she + male. The correct English form is shemale, spelled S-H-E-M-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.
- 2A male animal which displays female traits or behaviors; for example, a male reptile which gives off female pheromones.
Etymology
From she + male.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsemale
- sehmale
- sheamle
- shemael
- shemalle
- shemlae
- shemmale
- shhemale
- shmeale
- sshemale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shemale - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “shemale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-E-M-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈʃi.meɪl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “shale” - see the side-by-side comparison. shemale vs shale
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.