Shepard or shepherd?
Did you mean shepherd? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: shepherd. Misspelling: shepard.
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Memory tip
A shepherd herds sheep: shep + HERD.
Why people write “shepard”
“shepard” differs from “shepherd” in 2 places: it leaves out the H; and it writes A where shepherd has E, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make shepherd automatic.
Other misspellings of “shepherd”
People also write “sheperd”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“sheperd”
Correct spelling: shepherd. Misspelling: sheperd.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “sheperd” is only one letter off: it leaves out the H.
What does “shepherd” mean?
shepherd noun
- a clergyman who watches over a group of people
- a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
Synonyms:sheepherdersheepman
shepherd verb
- watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
- tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Shepherd” in a sentence
- The shepherd counted his flock.
Is “shepherd” a playable word?
17 points in Scrabble · 16 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“shepard” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from SHEPHERD.