shunting
"shunting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shunting” is uncommon English (frequency #56,435 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,435
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shunting · shunting · English
shunting · rank #56,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,435
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shoshone
Nearest frequency peer: Shoshone (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “shunting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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sheepdog
43,570 corpus weight
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Shivaji
43,569 corpus weight
- Shlomo
Shlomo
43,568 corpus weight
- Shoshone
Shoshone
43,567 corpus weight
- shunting
shunting
43,566 corpus weight
- sibyl
sibyl
43,564 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shunting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shunting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shunting” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shunting is uncommon English at frequency #56,435 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shunting, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is shunting, spelled S-H-U-N-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
- 2The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
- 3Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shunting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nine-car 800109 hit LNER 43300 Craigentinny during late-night shunting.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.