# shuffle

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃʌfəl/ · frequency rank #15,272

## Definitions
1. The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
2. The act of reordering anything, such as music tracks in a media player.
3. An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
4. A 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.
5. A dance move in which the foot is scuffed back and forth across the floor.
6. A trick; an artifice; an evasion.

## Etymology
Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove.

## Easily confused with
- **shuttle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shuffle-vs-shuttle)
- **scuffle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scuffle-vs-shuffle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsuffle`, `shfufle`, `shhuffle`, `shuffel`, `shufflle`, `shufle`, `shuflfe`, `sshuffle`, `suhffle`

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