shogun

\ʃɔ.ɡun\

/\ʃɔ.ɡun\/ noun

The verdict

“shogun” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,536
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge de l’empereur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shogun · shogun · French

shogun · rank #38,536 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,536
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH shelly

Nearest frequency peer: shelly (-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 « shogun »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « shogun » 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).

shogun vs slogan
67% similar
shogun vs Shaun
50% similar

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

Key facts for shogun
PropertyValue
Headwordshogun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.ɡun\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,536
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shogun »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).shogunse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « shelly » (#38,535), « solfège » (#38,538), « Sologne » (#38,539). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shogun » est au #38,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around shogun (IPA \ʃɔ.ɡun\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,536 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge de l’empereur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for shogun, with forms such as "hsogun", "shgoun", and "shhogun". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "slogan", "Shaun", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is shogun, spelled S-H-O-G-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge de l’empereur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un de ses descendants, Sujin (97-30 av. J.-C.), s’occupa le premier du développement de l’agriculture et constitua un rudiment de marine. Il eut quelques relations avec la Corée et divisa l’empire, encore fort mal équilibré, en quatre commandements militaires, à la tête desquels il placa un shogun.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsogun
  • shgoun
  • shhogun
  • shoggun
  • shognu
  • shogunn
  • shougn
  • sohgun
  • sshogun

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shogun - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsogun2shgoun2shhogun1shoggun1shognu2shogunn1shougn2sohgun2
Edit distance from "shogun"

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 "shogun"?
"shogun" is spelled S-H-O-G-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.ɡun\.
What does "shogun" mean?
As a noun, "shogun" means: Chef militaire et civil du Japon, à partir de 1192 jusqu’en 1868, le commandement du pays restant à la charge de l’empereur.
What words are commonly confused with "shogun"?
"shogun" is commonly confused with "slogan", "Shaun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shogun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shogun" is \ʃɔ.ɡun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shogun" come from?
"shogun" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list