# shorts

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ · frequency rank #6,415

## Definitions
1. plural of short

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?
Proto-Germanic *skertaną
Proto-Germanic *skurtaz
Proto-West Germanic *skurt
Old English sċort
Middle English schort
English short
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English shorts
From short + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shot)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sort)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shows)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sport)
- **shots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shots)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-spots)
- **sorts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sorts)
- **shout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shout)
- **shuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shuts)
- **sorta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sorta)
- **Soros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-soros)
- **snort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-snort)
- **sports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sports)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-stores)
- **storms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-storms)
- **swords** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-swords)
- **skirts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-skirts)
- **shouts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shouts)
- **shorty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-shorty)
- **sporty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shorts-vs-sporty)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsorts`, `shhorts`, `shorrts`, `shorst`, `shortss`, `shortts`, `shotrs`, `shrots`, `sohrts`, `sshorts`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shorts