The spelling of the word "Shonn" can be explained using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). According to the IPA, "Shonn" is pronounced as /ʃɑːn/, in which the first sound is the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ and the second sound is the long open back unrounded vowel /ɑː/, followed by the sound of the alveolar nasal /n/. The spelling of "Shonn" follows typical English spelling conventions for words with the "sh" sound and the "on" ending.