shotgun
\ˈʃɑt.ɡʌn\
The verdict
“shotgun” is uncommon French (frequency #57,594 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,594
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fusil de chasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shotgun · shotgun · French
shotgun · rank #57,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,594
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH shetland
Nearest frequency peer: shetland (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « shotgun »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- septum
septum
42,411 corpus weight
- sharing
sharing
42,409 corpus weight
- shetland
shetland
42,408 corpus weight
- shotgun
shotgun
42,407 corpus weight
- shuffle
shuffle
42,406 corpus weight
- sip
sip
42,403 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shotgun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shotgun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃɑt.ɡʌn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shotgun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shotgun is uncommon French at frequency #57,594 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃɑt.ɡʌn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
shotgun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is shotgun, spelled S-H-O-T-G-U-N.
Definition
- 1Fusil de chasse.
- 2Siège passager avant, place du mort. En référence à la personne assise à côté du conducteur d'une diligence et portait le fusil.
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.
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