sunshine

noun

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The verdict

“sunshine” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,384. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,384
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lumière du soleil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sunshine · sunshine · French

sunshine · rank #23,384 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,384
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH subtilités

Nearest frequency peer: subtilités (-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 « sunshine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sunshine » 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
Key facts for sunshine
PropertyValue
Headwordsunshine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,384
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sunshine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sunshinese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « subtilités » (#23,383), « surenchère » (#23,385), « suspensions » (#23,386). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sunshine » est au #23,384. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sunshine, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,384 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sunshine, with forms such as "snushine", "ssunshine", and "sunhsine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sunshine, spelled S-U-N-S-H-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lumière du soleil.
  2. 2
    Chéri, chérie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. But right now I just feel cold, so cold Right down to my bones ’cause ooh… Ain't no sunshine when she’s gone It's not warm when she’s away Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone And she’s always gone too long
  2. I've got some bad news for you sunshine, Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel

Synonyms

sunlight

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • snushine
  • ssunshine
  • sunhsine
  • sunnshine
  • sunshhine
  • sunshien
  • sunshinne
  • sunshnie
  • sunsihne
  • sunsshine
  • susnhine
  • usnshine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sunshine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

snushine2ssunshine1sunhsine2sunnshine1sunshhine1sunshien2sunshinne1sunshnie2
Edit distance from "sunshine"

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 "sunshine"?
"sunshine" is spelled S-U-N-S-H-I-N-E.
What does "sunshine" mean?
As a noun, "sunshine" means: Lumière du soleil.
What are common misspellings of "sunshine"?
Common misspellings include "snushine", "ssunshine", "sunhsine", "sunnshine", "sunshhine". The correct spelling is "sunshine".
What language does "sunshine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spatiaux#23,378rétablit#23,359vautours#23,409rigolade#23,351

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

tarifaire12 variantssalutaire12 variantsretirées12 variantsépuisant12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list