shuffle off this mortal coil
"shuffle-off-this-mortal-coil" is a 24-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shuffle off this mortal coil” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shuffle off this mortal coil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shuffle off this mortal coil” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for shuffle off this mortal coil is 28 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shuffle off this mortal coil, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see mortal coil. The correct English form is shuffle off this mortal coil, spelled S-H-U-F-F-L-E- -O-F-F- -T-H-I-S- -M-O-R-T-A-L- -C-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
Etymology
From Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see mortal coil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “shuffle off this mortal coil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-U-F-F-L-E- -O-F-F- -T-H-I-S- -M-O-R-T-A-L- -C-O-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.