shimmery
/ˈʃɪməɹi/
"shimmery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shimmery” is uncommon English (frequency #63,996 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,996
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shimmery · shimmery · English
shimmery · rank #63,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,996
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shi'a
Nearest frequency peer: Shi'a (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “shimmery”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shee
shee
36,008 corpus weight
- Shenyang
Shenyang
36,007 corpus weight
- Shi'a
Shi'a
36,006 corpus weight
- shimmery
shimmery
36,005 corpus weight
- shod
shod
36,003 corpus weight
- shor
shor
36,002 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shimmery” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shimmery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪməɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shimmery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shimmery is uncommon English at frequency #63,996 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈʃɪməɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shimmery, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives). The correct English form is shimmery, spelled S-H-I-M-M-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.
- 2(Apparently) shaking or trembling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shimmery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He had not known him at first; at least not for certain in the shimmery moonlight; the man he had seen looked younger and of lighter build, he said, and he had not taken him to be his old friend and mate; […]
There will always be something worth living for while there are shimmery afternoons.
Etymology
From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).
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); 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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