shogunat

\ʃɔ.ɡu.na\

/\ʃɔ.ɡu.na\/ noun

The verdict

“shogunat” is uncommon French (frequency #83,381 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,381
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Dignité de shogun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shogunat · shogunat · French

shogunat · rank #83,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,381
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH siamoise

Nearest frequency peer: siamoise (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “shogunat”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “shogunat” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for shogunat
PropertyValue
Headwordshogunat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.ɡu.na\
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shogunat” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). shogunat lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shogunat is uncommon French at frequency #83,381 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.ɡu.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

shogunat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is shogunat, spelled S-H-O-G-U-N-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité de shogun.
  2. 2
    Régime politique dominé par un shogun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au-dessus de tout se place une autorité, ou plutôt un représentant sacré de l’autorité divine, le mikado, dont on sait la légende théocratique. […] Au temps des guerres civiles, quand il était à la merci du général vainqueur ; au temps du shogunat, quand il était relégué à Kyoto et quand un autre disposait en fait de l’administration, […]
  2. Dans les années 1860, de grands feudataires de l'ouest du Japon prennent les armes, mettent fin au régime du shogunat instauré en 1603 et proclament la « restauration impériale ».

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shogunat"?
"shogunat" is spelled S-H-O-G-U-N-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.ɡu.na\.
What does "shogunat" mean?
As a noun, "shogunat" means: Dignité de shogun.
How do you pronounce "shogunat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shogunat" is \ʃɔ.ɡu.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list