shoot

\ʃut\

/\ʃut\/ noun

The verdict

“shoot” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,155. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,155
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tir de ballon ou à balle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shoot · shoot · French

shoot · rank #19,155 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,155
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scouts

Nearest frequency peer: scouts (-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 « shoot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « shoot » 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).

shoot vs soo
60% similar
shoot vs sot
60% similar
shoot vs sont
60% similar

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

Key facts for shoot
PropertyValue
Headwordshoot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃut\
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,155
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shoot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).shootse 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 « scouts » (#19,154), « sid » (#19,156), « scientifiquement » (#19,153). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shoot » est au #19,155. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around shoot (IPA \ʃut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,155 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shoot, with forms such as "hsoot", "shhoot", and "shoott". 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, "soo", "sot", "sont", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is shoot, spelled S-H-O-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tir de ballon ou à balle.
  2. 2
    Shoot them up, jeu vidéo où l’on doit tirer sur tout ce qui bouge.
  3. 3
    Injection intraveineuse de drogue.
  4. 4
    Séance de pose photographique (de l’anglais photoshoot).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Antoine ôta furieusement sa blouse, en fit une boule et l'expédia furieusement en l'air d'un violent shoot du gauche.
  2. J'ai raté plus de neuf mille tirs dans ma carrière. J'ai perdu plus de trois cents matchs. Vingt-six fois on a cru en ma capacité à réussir le shoot décisif et je l'ai raté. J'ai échoué un nombre incroyable de fois dans ma vie sans jamais renoncer.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsoot
  • shhoot
  • shoott
  • shoto
  • sohot
  • sshoot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shoot - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hsoot2shhoot1shoott1shoto2sohot2sshoot1
Edit distance from "shoot"

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 "shoot"?
"shoot" is spelled S-H-O-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃut\.
What does "shoot" mean?
As a noun, "shoot" means: Tir de ballon ou à balle.
What words are commonly confused with "shoot"?
"shoot" is commonly confused with "soo", "sot", "sont". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shoot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shoot" is \ʃut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shoot" come from?
"shoot" 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 "shoot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list