Shohei
"shohei" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shohei” is uncommon English (frequency #95,409 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,409
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shohei · Shohei · English
Shohei · rank #95,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,409
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shibboleth
Nearest frequency peer: shibboleth (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Shohei”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sheppey
Sheppey
4,595 corpus weight
- shibboleth
shibboleth
4,594 corpus weight
- Shohei
Shohei
4,592 corpus weight
- sicario
sicario
4,590 corpus weight
- Sidcup
Sidcup
4,589 corpus weight
- sidle
sidle
4,587 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shohei” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shohei |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shohei” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Shohei is uncommon English at frequency #95,409 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Japanese.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Shohei, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese しょうへい (Shōhei). The correct English form is Shohei, spelled S-H-O-H-E-I.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese しょうへい (Shōhei).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.