Shalom or sholom?
shalom is an interjection meaning “A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell”; sholom is an interjection meaning “Alternative form of shalom”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) shalom is about 9.1 times as common as sholom.
What is the difference between shalom and sholom?
| shalom | sholom | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | interjection, noun, verb | interjection, noun |
| Meaning | A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom" Peace | Alternative form of shalom |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | shaloms, shaloming, shalomed | sholoms |
| Pronunciation | /ʃɑːˈloʊm/ /ʃəˈləʊm/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words | about once in every 9 million words |
Sources: shalom and sholom in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of shalom and sholom
shalom
- 1
A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell
- 2
The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom"
- 3
To greet somebody with "shalom"
- 4
Peace
sholom
- 1
Alternative form of shalom
- 2
Alternative form of shalom
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, shalom or sholom?
shalom appears 1.0 times per million words; sholom about once in every 9 million words.
shalom 1.0 times per million wordssholom about once in every 9 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).