shetland
\ʃɛ.tlɑ̃d\
The verdict
“shetland” is uncommon French (frequency #57,593 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,593
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tricot ou tissu de laine de moutons des Shetland.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shetland · shetland · French
shetland · rank #57,593 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,593
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sharing
Nearest frequency peer: sharing (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « shetland »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- semoun
semoun
42,412 corpus weight
- septum
septum
42,411 corpus weight
- sharing
sharing
42,409 corpus weight
- shetland
shetland
42,408 corpus weight
- shotgun
shotgun
42,407 corpus weight
- shuffle
shuffle
42,406 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shetland » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shetland |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛ.tlɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shetland » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shetland is uncommon French at frequency #57,593 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛ.tlɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shetland, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is shetland, spelled S-H-E-T-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Tricot ou tissu de laine de moutons des Shetland.
- 2Pull-over fabriqué avec ce textile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shetland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils portent des pulls en shetland de couleur claire, se tiennent l’un à côté de l’autre, Gabriel attrape Lucile par le cou, elle a les joues rondes des très jeunes filles, ni son corps ni son visage ne semblent sortis de l’adolescence et si j’y réfléchis, ma fille qui a quinze ans paraît plus âgée qu’elle.
Elle portait une jupe de tweed et un cardigan en shetland.
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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