shepherd's pie
"shepherd-s-pie" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shepherd's pie” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shepherd-s-pie · shepherd's pie · English
shepherd's pie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | shepherd's pie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shepherd's pie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shepherd's pie is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shepherd's pie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is shepherd's pie, spelled S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D-'-S- -P-I-E.
Definition
- 1A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shepherd's pie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here am I / Tiny Fly / May I share your Shepherd's Pie?
This word in other languages
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.