shingles
/ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/
"shingles" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shingles” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,246
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shingles · shingles · English
shingles · rank #26,246 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,246
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shelled
Nearest frequency peer: shelled (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “shingles”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sexton
sexton
73,759 corpus weight
- Sheeran
Sheeran
73,758 corpus weight
- shelled
shelled
73,757 corpus weight
- shingles
shingles
73,755 corpus weight
- silencing
silencing
73,753 corpus weight
- silverware
silverware
73,752 corpus weight
What this shows “shingles” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shingles |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shingles”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around shingles (IPA /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,246 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for shingles, with forms such as "hsingles", "shhingles", and "shignles". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "single", "singles", "singlet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr). The correct English form is shingles, spelled S-H-I-N-G-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shingles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From the description, Letha felt sure Jane had herpes zoster, or shingles, which often strikes cancer patients or others with depressed immune systems. Jane spent another week in the Bubble, treated with acyclovir.
Etymology
From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsingles
- shhingles
- shignles
- shingels
- shinggles
- shingless
- shinglles
- shinglse
- shinlges
- shinngles
- shnigles
- sihngles
- sshingles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shingles - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shingles", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).