shine
/ʃaɪn/
The verdict
“shine” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,235 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,235
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brillar por emisión de luz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shine · shine · Spanish
shine · rank #51,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,235
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH smoke
Nearest frequency peer: smoke (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “shine”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sentirían
sentirían
48,769 corpus weight
- señalen
señalen
48,768 corpus weight
- shine
shine
48,766 corpus weight
- smoke
smoke
48,765 corpus weight
- smoking
smoking
48,764 corpus weight
- snack
snack
48,763 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “shine” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shine |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ʃaɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “shine” en español
Rare enough to double-check
shine is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,235 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ʃaɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for shine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is shine, spelled S-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Brillar por emisión de luz.
- 2Brillar por reflexión de la luz.
- 3Resplandecer.
- 4Alumbrar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven
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.
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