shop

\ʃɔp\

/\ʃɔp\/ noun

The verdict

“shop” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,063
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atelier, espace de travail, endroit où on fabrique quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shop · shop · French

shop · rank #13,063 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,063
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH servis

Nearest frequency peer: servis (-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 « shop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « shop » 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).

shop vs so
50% similar
shop vs SP
0% similar
shop vs son
50% similar

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

Key facts for shop
PropertyValue
Headwordshop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔp\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,063
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shop »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).shopse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « servis » (#13,062), « signalisation » (#13,064), « serein » (#13,061). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shop » est au #13,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around shop (IPA \ʃɔp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,063 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 shop, with forms such as "hsop", "shhop", and "shopp". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SP", "son", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is shop, spelled S-H-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atelier, espace de travail, endroit où on fabrique quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Usine, fabrique.
  3. 3
    Salon de tatouage, lieu où travaille une personne qui réalise des tatouages.
  4. 4
    Magasin, boutique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La «shop» a été remplacée par le progrès en recherche et développement, l’élaboration de logiciels et les demandes toujours plus fortes des citoyens en soins de santé, en éducation et dans le monde du divertissement.
  2. Au fil des épisodes, animés par Denitsa Ikonomova, ils seront évalués par un jury composé de Kalie (« la première à avoir eu son shop dans le centre de Paris »), Dimitri HK et Mikael de Poissy qui, « en plus d’être connu pour le style vitrail qu’il a créé, a écrit beaucoup de livres sur le sujet », souligne la production.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsop
  • shhop
  • shopp
  • shpo
  • sohp
  • sshop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hsop2shhop1shopp1shpo2sohp2sshop1
Edit distance from "shop"

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 "shop"?
"shop" is spelled S-H-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔp\.
What does "shop" mean?
As a noun, "shop" means: Atelier, espace de travail, endroit où on fabrique quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "shop"?
"shop" is commonly confused with "so", "SP", "son". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shop" is \ʃɔp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shop" come from?
"shop" 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?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 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