shake

\ʃɛk\

/\ʃɛk\/ verb

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The verdict

“shake” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,775
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de shaker.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shake · shake · French

shake · rank #24,775 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,775
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sep

Nearest frequency peer: sep (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « shake »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « shake » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shake vs she
60% similar
shake vs Shaw
40% similar
shake vs shan
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shake
PropertyValue
Headwordshake
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃɛk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,775
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shake »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).shakese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sep » (#24,774), « skipper » (#24,776), « sentinelles » (#24,773). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shake » est au #24,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around shake (IPA \ʃɛk\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,775 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for shake, with forms such as "hsake", "sahke", and "shaek". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "she", "Shaw", "shan", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is shake, spelled S-H-A-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de shaker.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de shaker.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de shaker.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de shaker.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de shaker.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsake
  • sahke
  • shaek
  • shakke
  • shhake
  • shkae
  • sshake

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shake - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsake2sahke2shaek2shakke1shhake1shkae2sshake1
Edit distance from "shake"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shake"?
"shake" is spelled S-H-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛk\.
What does "shake" mean?
As a verb, "shake" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de shaker.
What words are commonly confused with "shake"?
"shake" is commonly confused with "she", "Shaw", "shan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shake"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shake" is \ʃɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shake" come from?
"shake" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shake", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sosie#24,780Stein#24,781surgi#24,788régit#24,758

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rient7 variantsverge7 variantsYvette7 variantspilon7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list