shilling
\ʃi.liŋ\
The verdict
“shilling” is uncommon French (frequency #66,342 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,342
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne pièce de monnaie du Royaume-Uni avant la décimalisation de 1971, qui avait une valeur de 12 pennys ou un vingtième de livre sterling. Son symbole était la barre oblique (/).
Corpus desk
Index FR-shilling · shilling · French
shilling · rank #66,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,342
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH shooters
Nearest frequency peer: shooters (+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 « shilling »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Shandong
Shandong
33,662 corpus weight
- shia
shia
33,661 corpus weight
- shilling
shilling
33,659 corpus weight
- shooters
shooters
33,658 corpus weight
- sides
sides
33,657 corpus weight
- sidérée
sidérée
33,656 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shilling » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shilling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shilling » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shilling is uncommon French at frequency #66,342 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.liŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne pièce de monnaie du Royaume-Uni avant la décimalisation de 1971, qui avait une valeur de 12 pennys ou un vingtième de livre sterling. Son symbole était la barre oblique (/).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for shilling in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is shilling, spelled S-H-I-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ancienne pièce de monnaie du Royaume-Uni avant la décimalisation de 1971, qui avait une valeur de 12 pennys ou un vingtième de livre sterling. Son symbole était la barre oblique (/).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shilling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edward sortit, le shilling serré dans sa main.
Par bonheur, Mattia avait douze francs d’économies et en plus notre part de recette provenant de notre association avec Bob et ses camarades, laquelle s’élevait à vingt-deux shillings, ou vingt-sept francs cinquante ; cela nous constituait une fortune de près de quarante francs, ce qui était considérable pour nous.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "shilling"?
What does "shilling" mean?
How do you pronounce "shilling"?
What language does "shilling" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shilling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).