shop
/ʃɒp/
"shop" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shop” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,408
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shop · shop · English
shop · rank #1,408 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,408
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH responsible
Nearest frequency peer: responsible (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shop”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- purpose
purpose
98,596 corpus weight
- rates
rates
98,595 corpus weight
- responsible
responsible
98,594 corpus weight
- shop
shop
98,593 corpus weight
- showing
showing
98,592 corpus weight
- sick
sick
98,591 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shop” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | shop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɒp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shop” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around shop (IPA /ʃɒp/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,408 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shop, with forms such as "hsop", "shhop", and "shopp". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SP", "son", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), … The correct English form is shop, spelled S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
- 2A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
- 3A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
- 4Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
- 5Discussion of business or professional affairs.
- 6A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.
- 7An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
- 8An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
- 9The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter.
A tailor called me in his shop.
Etymology
From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsop
- shhop
- shopp
- shpo
- sohp
- sshop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.