Shigeru
\ʃi.ge.ʁu\
The verdict
“Shigeru” is uncommon French (frequency #61,891 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,891
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin japonais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shigeru · Shigeru · French
Shigeru · rank #61,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,891
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH shoots
Nearest frequency peer: shoots (+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 « Shigeru »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- semées
semées
38,113 corpus weight
- sequence
sequence
38,112 corpus weight
- Shigeru
Shigeru
38,110 corpus weight
- shoots
shoots
38,109 corpus weight
- sierre
sierre
38,108 corpus weight
- Sif
Sif
38,107 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Shigeru » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shigeru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.ge.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Shigeru » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Shigeru is uncommon French at frequency #61,891 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃi.ge.ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin japonais.".
Shigeru has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Shigeru, spelled S-H-I-G-E-R-U.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin japonais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Shigeru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans une récente interview accordée au Guardian, Shigeru Miyamoto, créateur de Super Mario et de The Legend of Zelda, a révélé qu'il n'était pas encore prêt à mettre un terme à sa carrière chez Nintendo.
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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