shuffle
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "shuffle", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "shuffle" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "shuffle" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
shuffle is aEnglishnoun. It means: The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them. Pronounced /ˈʃʌfəl/. Often confused with shuttle and scuffle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shuffle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃʌfəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for shuffle is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃʌfəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,272 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for shuffle, with forms such as "hsuffle", "shfufle", and "shhuffle". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "shuttle", "scuffle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is shuffle, spelled S-H-U-F-F-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
- 2The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
- 3An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
- 4A rhythm commonly used in blues music, consisting of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note, and suggests a walker dragging one foot.
- 5A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
- 6A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Etymology
Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hsuffle,shfufle,shhuffle,shuffel,shufflle,shufle,shuflfe,sshuffle,suhffle
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for shuffle
Misspelling Variants of "shuffle"
Frequency rank: #15,272 in English
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