shorn
/ʃɔɹn/adjective, verb
shorn is spelled S-H-O-R-N: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shorn means “Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shorn?
| Letters | 5: S-H-O-R-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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 shorn?
Shorn appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th 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 shorn?
- UK /ʃɔːn/
- US /ʃɔɹn/
- /ʃo(ː)ɹn/
Shorn 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)-Pvanp7-shorn.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shorn.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-shorn.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with shorn
Sounds like: Shaun (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with shorn?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shorn from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹn/):
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).
What does shorn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
- 2
Of a person, having had a haircut.
verb
- 1
past participle of shear
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).