shoulder
\ˈʃəʊl.də\
The verdict
“shoulder” is uncommon French (frequency #89,170 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,170
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épaule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shoulder · shoulder · French
shoulder · rank #89,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,170
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH shook
Nearest frequency peer: shook (-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 « shoulder »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Shanxi
Shanxi
10,834 corpus weight
- shed
shed
10,833 corpus weight
- shook
shook
10,832 corpus weight
- shoulder
shoulder
10,831 corpus weight
- shuriken
shuriken
10,830 corpus weight
- sibériens
sibériens
10,829 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shoulder » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shoulder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃəʊl.də\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « shoulder » en français
Rare enough to double-check
shoulder is uncommon French at frequency #89,170 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃəʊl.də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
shoulder has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 shoulder, spelled S-H-O-U-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Épaule.
- 2Accotement.
- 3Épaulement
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shoulder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The undergrowth on either side of him ripped with a noise like torn canvas, and the saplings that he heaved away right and left with his shoulders sprang back again and banged him on the flank, and great trails of creepers, all matted together, hung from his tusks as he threw his head from side to side and plowed out his pathway. (The Jungle Book - Rudyar…
Pull over onto the shoulder, as far to the right as possible.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).