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 uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
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Index EN-shuffle-off-this-mortal- · shuffle off this mortal coil · English
shuffle off this mortal coil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “shuffle off this mortal coil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shuffle off this mortal coil is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shuffle off this mortal coil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For in that ſleepe of death, what dreames may come, / When we haue ſhuffel'd off this mortall coile, / Muſt giue vs pawſe.
But when you and I shuffle off this mortal coil, formal remembrances won’t be the only way we are remembered.
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.