shin
[ˈʃĩn]
The verdict
“shin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,220
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vigésima primera letra del alfabeto hebreo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shin · shin · Spanish
shin · rank #16,220 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,220
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH señalaron
Nearest frequency peer: señalaron (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “shin”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sermón
sermón
83,784 corpus weight
- severas
severas
83,783 corpus weight
- señalaron
señalaron
83,782 corpus weight
- shin
shin
83,781 corpus weight
- simultánea
simultánea
83,780 corpus weight
- soberanos
soberanos
83,779 corpus weight
What this shows “shin” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃĩn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “shin”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around shin (IPA [ˈʃĩn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,220 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Vigésima primera letra del alfabeto hebreo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shin, with forms such as "hsin", "shhin", and "shinn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sí", "son", "sin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is shin, spelled S-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1Vigésima primera letra del alfabeto hebreo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsin
- shhin
- shinn
- shni
- sihn
- sshin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "shin"?
What does "shin" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "shin"?
How do you pronounce "shin"?
What language does "shin" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).