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shipped

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "shipped", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "shipped" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "shipped" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

shipped is anEnglishadj. It means: Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo. Pronounced /ʃɪpt/. It ranks #6,837 in English word frequency. Often confused with stopped and stepped.

Key facts for shipped
PropertyValue
Headwordshipped
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ʃɪpt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,837
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of shipped in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for shipped is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʃɪpt/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,837 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for shipped, with forms such as "hsipped", "shhipped", and "shiped". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "stopped", "stepped", "slipped", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is shipped, spelled S-H-I-P-P-E-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.
  2. 2
    on board a ship, as a passenger
  3. 3
    Furnished with a ship or ships.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hsipped,shhipped,shiped,shipepd,shippde,shippedd,shpiped,sihpped,sshipped

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for shipped

Misspelling Variants of "shipped"

hsipped7shhipped8shiped6shipepd7shippde7shippedd8shpiped7sihpped7
Misspelling Variants of "shipped"

Frequency rank: #6,837 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shipped"?
"shipped" is spelled S-H-I-P-P-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ʃɪpt/.
What does "shipped" mean?
As an adj, "shipped" means: Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.
What words are commonly confused with "shipped"?
"shipped" is commonly confused with "stopped", "stepped", "slipped". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shipped"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shipped" is /ʃɪpt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shipped" come from?
"shipped" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.