shine

\ʃajn\

/\ʃajn\/ verb

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The verdict

“shine” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,726
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de shiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shine · shine · French

shine · rank #35,726 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,726
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH siamois

Nearest frequency peer: siamois (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « shine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « shine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shine vs sin
60% similar
shine vs sie
60% similar
shine vs site
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shine
PropertyValue
Headwordshine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃajn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,726
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.shinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « siamois » (#35,727), « shea » (#35,724), « sisi » (#35,728). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shine » est au #35,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around shine (IPA \ʃajn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,726 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for shine, with forms such as "hsine", "shhine", and "shien". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sin", "sie", "site", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is shine, spelled S-H-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de shiner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de shiner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de shiner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de shiner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de shiner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsine
  • shhine
  • shien
  • shinne
  • shnie
  • sihne
  • sshine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shine - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hsine2shhine1shien2shinne1shnie2sihne2sshine1
Edit distance from "shine"

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 "shine"?
"shine" is spelled S-H-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃajn\.
What does "shine" mean?
As a verb, "shine" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de shiner.
What words are commonly confused with "shine"?
"shine" is commonly confused with "sin", "sie", "site". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shine" is \ʃajn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shine" come from?
"shine" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sixte#35,729saufs#35,715Rubin#35,703Tanya#35,750

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

tapas7 variantstonus7 variantsrevel7 variantsRedon7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list