# Shropshire

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #24,902

## Definitions
1. An inland county of England bordered by the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the Welsh county of Powys and county borough of Wrexham.
2. Shropshire Council, a local government unitary authority which replaced the county council in 2009 in all of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin.

## Etymology
From Old English Sċrobbesbyriġscīr, from Sċrobbesburh (“Shrewsbury”) + sċīr (“shire”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`hsropshire`, `shhropshire`, `shorpshire`, `shrophsire`, `shroppshire`, `shropshhire`, `shropshier`, `shropshirre`, `shropshrie`, `shropsihre`, `shropsshire`, `shrosphire`, `shrposhire`, `shrropshire`, `srhopshire`, `sshropshire`

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