shochet
/ˈʃoʊxɛt/
"shochet" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shochet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry
Corpus desk
Index EN-shochet · shochet · English
shochet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shochet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃoʊxɛt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shochet” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shochet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃoʊxɛt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry".
No misspelling variants are generated for shochet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”). The correct English form is shochet, spelled S-H-O-C-H-E-T.
Definition
- 1A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shochet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 9, He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer […]
Etymology
From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.