shinty
noun
shinty is spelled S-H-I-N-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shinty means “A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shinty is shinties.
How many letters and syllables are in shinty?
| Letters | 6: S-H-I-N-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is shinty?
Shinty appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st 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 shinty?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shinty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shinty
- shinties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shinty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
- 2
The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).