shouldered

adj

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"shouldered" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shouldered” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,515
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shouldered · shouldered · English

shouldered · rank #35,515 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,515
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shitload

Nearest frequency peer: shitload (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “shouldered”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “shouldered” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shouldered vs shoulders
80% similar
shouldered vs shoulder
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shouldered
PropertyValue
Headwordshouldered
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,515
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shouldered”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).shoulderedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “shitload” (#35,514), “Shiraz” (#35,513), “skillfully” (#35,517). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shouldered” is #35,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around shouldered, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,515 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for shouldered, with forms such as "hsouldered", "shhouldered", and "sholudered". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "shoulders", "shoulder", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is shouldered, spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.
  2. 2
    Having or pertaining to (a specific kind of) shoulders.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shouldered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a shouldered arch
  2. Whorls 7 beside those of the embryo-shell; they are slightly shouldered below the suture, between which shoulder and the suture they are slightly hunchy; the last is rather small and slightly flattened.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsouldered
  • shhouldered
  • sholudered
  • shoudlered
  • shoulddered
  • shouldeerd
  • shoulderde
  • shoulderedd
  • shoulderred
  • shouldreed
  • shouledred
  • shoulldered
  • shuoldered
  • sohuldered
  • sshouldered

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shouldered - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsouldered2shhouldered1sholudered2shoudlered2shoulddered1shouldeerd2shoulderde2shoulderedd1
Edit distance from "shouldered"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shouldered"?
"shouldered" is spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R-E-D.
What does "shouldered" mean?
As an adjective, "shouldered" means: Furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.
What words are commonly confused with "shouldered"?
"shouldered" is commonly confused with "shoulders", "shoulder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "shouldered" come from?
"shouldered" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shouldered", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skillfully#35,517sputtering#35,533repurposed#35,489subliminal#35,542

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

symphonic15 variantsprogenitor15 variantsparametric15 variantsalternator15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list