shoulders
/ˈʃoʊldɚz/
"shoulders" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shoulders” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,362
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of shoulder
Corpus desk
Index EN-shoulders · shoulders · English
shoulders · rank #5,362 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,362
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH she'll
Nearest frequency peer: she'll (-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 “shoulders”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- SC
SC
94,642 corpus weight
- she'd
she'd
94,641 corpus weight
- she'll
she'll
94,640 corpus weight
- shoulders
shoulders
94,639 corpus weight
- significance
significance
94,638 corpus weight
- sits
sits
94,637 corpus weight
What this shows “shoulders” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | shoulders |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃoʊldɚz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shoulders”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around shoulders (IPA /ˈʃoʊldɚz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,362 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for shoulders, with forms such as "hsoulders", "shhoulders", and "sholuders". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "shoulder", "shouldered", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is shoulders, spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1plural of shoulder
- 2The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
- 3Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shoulders appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsoulders
- shhoulders
- sholuders
- shoudlers
- shouldders
- shoulderrs
- shoulderss
- shouldesr
- shouldres
- shouledrs
- shoullders
- shuolders
- sohulders
- sshoulders
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shoulders - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shoulders", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).