shiver
/ˈʃɪvɚ/
"shiver" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shiver” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,283
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shiver · shiver · English
shiver · rank #27,283 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,283
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheehan
Nearest frequency peer: Sheehan (-1 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 “shiver”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- secondhand
secondhand
72,722 corpus weight
- shards
shards
72,720 corpus weight
- Sheehan
Sheehan
72,719 corpus weight
- shiver
shiver
72,718 corpus weight
- Simms
Simms
72,717 corpus weight
- ska
ska
72,714 corpus weight
What this shows “shiver” 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 | shiver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪvɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,283 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shiver”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around shiver (IPA /ˈʃɪvɚ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,283 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for shiver, with forms such as "hsiver", "shhiver", and "shievr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shove", "skier", "silver", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf. The correct English form is shiver, spelled S-H-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
- 2To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shiver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They stood outside for hours, shivering in the frosty air.
The man that shivered on the brink of sin, / Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.
Etymology
Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsiver
- shhiver
- shievr
- shiverr
- shivre
- shivver
- shvier
- sihver
- sshiver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shiver - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "shiver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).