shod
/ʃɑd/adjective, verb
shod is spelled S-H-O-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shod means “Wearing shoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shod?
| Letters | 4: S-H-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shod?
Shod appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 shod?
- UK /ʃɒd/
- US /ʃɑd/
Shod has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shod.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dosh.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shod
- shoed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Wearing shoes.
Wallis was unsuitably shod for the muddy hike.
- 2
Having tires equipped.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of shoe
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shod in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chaussé |
| German | beschuht, beschlagen , bereift |
| Portuguese | calçado, calçada |
| Spanish | calzado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shod come from?
From Middle English shoed, past participle of shon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).