shufti
/ˈʃʊf.ti/
"shufti" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shufti” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A brief glance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shufti · shufti · English
shufti · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shufti |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃʊf.ti/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shufti” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shufti is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃʊf.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A brief glance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for shufti in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”). The correct English form is shufti, spelled S-H-U-F-T-I.
Definition
- 1A brief glance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shufti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."
"Caucasus mountains," said the driver. "I think. Let's have a shufti at the map."
Etymology
UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”).
Synonyms
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.