sheng
\ʃɛŋ\
The verdict
“sheng” is uncommon French (frequency #61,144 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,144
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Orgue à bouche chinois.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheng |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛŋ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sheng” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sheng is uncommon French at frequency #61,144 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orgue à bouche chinois.".
sheng doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sheng, spelled S-H-E-N-G.
Definition
- 1Orgue à bouche chinois.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “sheng”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-H-E-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛŋ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.