Sherpa

[ˈʃɛʁpa]

/[ˈʃɛʁpa]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sherpa” is uncommon German (frequency #83,299 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,299
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger eines in Ostnepal ansässigen Bergvolkes mit tibetischer Sprache

Corpus desk

Index DE-sherpa · Sherpa · German

Sherpa · rank #83,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,299
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sheep

Nearest frequency peer: sheep (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Sherpa“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sherpa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sherpa
PropertyValue
HeadwordSherpa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɛʁpa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#83,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sherpa“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Sherpafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sheep“ (#83,298), „Sexualdelikte“ (#83,297), „sieden“ (#83,302). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sherpa“ bei #83,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sherpa is uncommon German at frequency #83,299 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛʁpa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Sherpa has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sherpa, spelled S-H-E-R-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger eines in Ostnepal ansässigen Bergvolkes mit tibetischer Sprache
  2. 2
    aus dem unter [1] erwähnten Bergvolk rekrutierter Hochgebirgsträger und Bergführer bei Expeditionen im Himalajagebirge
  3. 3
    Chefunterhändler der Regierung (auf Gipfeltreffen, insbesondere auf EU- und G7-Gipfeltreffen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Neben dem Khumbu-Gebiet des Everest und dem Makalu-District ist das Rolwaling-Tal eines der Hauptsiedlungsgebiete der Sherpa. Die Sherpa, das ‚Volk aus dem Osten‘, wanderten vor Jahrhunderten aus Tibet in den nepalischen Teil des Himalaja ein.“
  2. „Wie im Grunde alle markanten Gipfel der Khumbu-Region ist auch der Mount Everest für die Sherpas ein heiliger Berg.“

This word in other languages

Sherpa(English)sherpa(Español)Sherpa(Français)xerpa(Português)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sherpa"?
"Sherpa" is spelled S-H-E-R-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛʁpa].
What does "Sherpa" mean?
As a noun, "Sherpa" means: Angehöriger eines in Ostnepal ansässigen Bergvolkes mit tibetischer Sprache
How do you pronounce "Sherpa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sherpa" is [ˈʃɛʁpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sherpa" come from?
"Sherpa" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sieden#83,302Seraph#83,295sonata#83,308sehend#83,289

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list