# sheng

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃʌŋ/ · frequency rank #34,283

## Definitions
1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

## Etymology
From Mandarin 笙 (shēng).

## Easily confused with
- **song** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-song)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sing)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sung)
- **shin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shin)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shun)
- **Sven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sven)
- **shep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shep)
- **Sieg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sieg)
- **spent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-spent)
- **spend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-spend)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-swing)
- **shine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shine)
- **shiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shiny)
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sting)
- **slang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-slang)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-suing)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-swung)
- **sling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-sling)
- **shrug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-shrug)
- **stung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheng-vs-stung)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hseng`, `sehng`, `shegn`, `shengg`, `shenng`, `shheng`, `shneg`, `ssheng`

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