shit

\ʃit\

/\ʃit\/ noun

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The verdict

“shit” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,264. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,264
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résine de cannabis ; haschich.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shit · shit · French

shit · rank #13,264 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,264
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH simplification

Nearest frequency peer: simplification (+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 « shit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « shit » 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).

shit vs si
50% similar
shit vs st
50% similar
shit vs six
50% similar

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

Key facts for shit
PropertyValue
Headwordshit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃit\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,264
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.shitse 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 « simplification » (#13,265), « smart » (#13,266), « seo » (#13,261). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shit » est au #13,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around shit (IPA \ʃit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,264 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Résine de cannabis ; haschich.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shit, with forms such as "hsit", "shhit", and "shitt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "si", "st", "six", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is shit, spelled S-H-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résine de cannabis ; haschich.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais voilà, quelques années se sont écoulées depuis que j’ai arrêté de bédave et, à en croire l’effet quasi immédiat sur lui, le shit a dû pas mal évoluer depuis
  2. Lucile fumait de plus en plus et, quand elle n’avait plus de cigarette, mangeait le shit en gâteau ou tout cru comme les ogres.

Synonyms

haschichteuchteuchipilonhasch

This word in other languages

hash(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsit
  • shhit
  • shitt
  • shti
  • siht
  • sshit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shit - 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.

hsit2shhit1shitt1shti2siht2sshit1
Edit distance from "shit"

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 "shit"?
"shit" is spelled S-H-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃit\.
What does "shit" mean?
As a noun, "shit" means: Résine de cannabis ; haschich.
What words are commonly confused with "shit"?
"shit" is commonly confused with "si", "st", "six". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shit" is \ʃit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shit" come from?
"shit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

song#13,268they#13,279pneu#13,232work#13,297

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

pieux6 variantsMcDo6 variantslobby6 variantsjouée6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list