# shin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɪn/ · frequency rank #11,461

## Definitions
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. A fishplate for a railway

## Etymology
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.

## Easily confused with
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-si)
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-six)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-son)
- **sir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sir)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sun)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sit)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sin)
- **shy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-shy)
- **ski** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-ski)
- **SIM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sim)
- **sip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sip)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sis)
- **sic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sic)
- **Sid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sid)
- **sig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sig)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sho)
- **sia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sia)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sti)
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sie)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shin-vs-sui)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hsin`, `shhin`, `shinn`, `shni`, `sihn`, `sshin`

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