shoshone

\ʃɔ.ʃɔn\

/\ʃɔ.ʃɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“shoshone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue amérindienne du sous-groupe numique de la famille uto-aztèque parlée dans les montagnes Rocheuses aux États-Unis.

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Index FR-shoshone · shoshone · French

shoshone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for shoshone
PropertyValue
Headwordshoshone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.ʃɔn\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « shoshone » en français

shoshonereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shoshone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ.ʃɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue amérindienne du sous-groupe numique de la famille uto-aztèque parlée dans les montagnes Rocheuses aux États-Unis.".

shoshone has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is shoshone, spelled S-H-O-S-H-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue amérindienne du sous-groupe numique de la famille uto-aztèque parlée dans les montagnes Rocheuses aux États-Unis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est à dire que Lewis ou Clark parlaient en anglais à Labiche qui traduisait en français à Charbonneau qui le disait en hidatsa à sa femme qui elle-même traduisait le tout en shoshone pour le chef Shoshone et les réponses suivaient le même chemin ce qui laissait tout de même planer un doute sur les précisions émises de part et d’autre ! dit Benjamin en r…

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shoshone"?
"shoshone" is spelled S-H-O-S-H-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.ʃɔn\.
What does "shoshone" mean?
As a noun, "shoshone" means: Langue amérindienne du sous-groupe numique de la famille uto-aztèque parlée dans les montagnes Rocheuses aux États-Unis.
How do you pronounce "shoshone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shoshone" is \ʃɔ.ʃɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shoshone" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list