Shri
"shri" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shri” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,423
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A title of respect used before male names, Mr.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shri · Shri · English
Shri · rank #13,423 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,423
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shaun
Nearest frequency peer: Shaun (-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 “Shri”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Semitic
Semitic
86,581 corpus weight
- shampoo
shampoo
86,580 corpus weight
- Shaun
Shaun
86,579 corpus weight
- Shri
Shri
86,578 corpus weight
- silently
silently
86,577 corpus weight
- similarity
similarity
86,576 corpus weight
What this shows “Shri” 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 | Shri |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Shri”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Shri, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,423 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Shri, with forms such as "hsri", "shhri", and "shir". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SI", "sir", "shy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī). The correct English form is Shri, spelled S-H-R-I.
Definition
- 1A title of respect used before male names, Mr.
- 2An honorific title prefixed to the names of deities, holy persons, holy books or sacred places.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Shri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The master craftsman received a National Award from the then president of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam.
Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Etymology
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsri
- shhri
- shir
- shrri
- srhi
- sshri
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Shri - 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 "Shri", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).