shun

[ʃʌn]

/[ʃʌn]/ verb

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The verdict

“shun” is uncommon French (frequency #51,131 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,131
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rejeter, refuser, repousser, éviter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shun · shun · French

shun · rank #51,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,131
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sheen

Nearest frequency peer: sheen (-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 « shun »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « shun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shun
PropertyValue
Headwordshun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃʌn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,131
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « shun » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).shuntombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sheen » (#51,130), « sidéral » (#51,132), « serveuses » (#51,129). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shun » est au #51,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shun is uncommon French at frequency #51,131 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃʌn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rejeter, refuser, repousser, éviter.".

Zero misspellings are on record for shun in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 shun, spelled S-H-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rejeter, refuser, repousser, éviter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The reasons go deeper than the belief that consumers would shun a vehicle being sold by a bankrupt automaker.

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 "shun"?
"shun" is spelled S-H-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʌn].
What does "shun" mean?
As a verb, "shun" means: Rejeter, refuser, repousser, éviter.
How do you pronounce "shun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shun" is [ʃʌn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shun" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

SNSM#51,137salo#51,117stuc#51,153Styx#51,155

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list