shrank
/ˈʃɹæŋk/
"shrank" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shrank” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,019
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of shrink
Corpus desk
Index EN-shrank · shrank · English
shrank · rank #33,019 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,019
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shiloh
Nearest frequency peer: Shiloh (-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 “shrank”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shears
shears
66,985 corpus weight
- shemale
shemale
66,984 corpus weight
- Shiloh
Shiloh
66,983 corpus weight
- shrank
shrank
66,982 corpus weight
- shyness
shyness
66,981 corpus weight
- slimmer
slimmer
66,980 corpus weight
What this shows “shrank” 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 | shrank |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈʃɹæŋk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shrank”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around shrank (IPA /ˈʃɹæŋk/), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,019 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past of shrink".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for shrank, with forms such as "hsrank", "sharnk", and "shhrank". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Shrek", "spank", "stank", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: See shrink The correct English form is shrank, spelled S-H-R-A-N-K.
Definition
- 1simple past of shrink
Etymology
See shrink
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsrank
- sharnk
- shhrank
- shrakn
- shrankk
- shrannk
- shrnak
- shrrank
- srhank
- sshrank
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shrank - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shrank", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).