where the sun don't shine
"where-the-sun-don-t-shine" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“where the sun don't shine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Up or in the anus (usually figuratively).
Corpus desk
Index EN-where-the-sun-don-t-shin · where the sun don't shine · English
where the sun don't shine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | where the sun don't shine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “where the sun don't shine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
where the sun don't shine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Up or in the anus (usually figuratively).".
where the sun don't shine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is where the sun don't shine, spelled W-H-E-R-E- -T-H-E- -S-U-N- -D-O-N-'-T- -S-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Up or in the anus (usually figuratively).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how where the sun don't shine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You can take your unsolicited advice and stick it where the sun don't shine.
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.