shinbone
noun
shinbone is spelled S-H-I-N-B-O-N-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shinbone means “The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shinbone is shinbones.
How many letters and syllables are in shinbone?
| Letters | 8: S-H-I-N-B-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is shinbone?
Shinbone appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shinbone?
- US
Shinbone has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-shinbone.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shinbone
- shinbones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shinbone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee
- 2
A segment of an insect's leg.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shinbone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense inner bone of the hind limb below the knee:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tibia |
| German | Schienbein |
| Portuguese | tíbia |
| Spanish | tibia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shinbone come from?
From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).