shekel
\ʃe.kɛl\
The verdict
“shekel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne monnaie hébraïque
Corpus desk
Index FR-shekel · shekel · French
shekel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | shekel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃe.kɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shekel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shekel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃe.kɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for shekel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is shekel, spelled S-H-E-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Ancienne monnaie hébraïque
- 2Monnaie officielle de l’État d’Israël (nouveau chékel, symbole ₪ (Unicode U+20AA), code ISO 4217 ILS).
- 3Unité de masse antique, variable selon les régions et les époques mais valant quelques grammes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shekel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Non, non, dit Isaac, dépose les talents et les shekels, compte les quatre-vingt sequins, et tu verras que je serai généreux envers toi.
« Nous n’avons pas un shekel à vous offrir, mais je mets l’armée à votre disposition, on ne vous cachera rien, elle vous ouvrira ses secrets. »
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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.