sabbat
"sabbat" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sabbat” is uncommon English (frequency #92,020 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,020
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Witches' Sabbath.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sabbat · sabbat · English
sabbat · rank #92,020 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,020
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Réunion
Nearest frequency peer: Réunion (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “sabbat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Russias
Russias
7,986 corpus weight
- rustler
rustler
7,985 corpus weight
- Réunion
Réunion
7,983 corpus weight
- sabbat
sabbat
7,981 corpus weight
- sagacity
sagacity
7,978 corpus weight
- Saidi
Saidi
7,976 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sabbat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sabbat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sabbat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sabbat is uncommon English at frequency #92,020 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Witches' Sabbath.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sabbat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French sabbat (“Sabbath”). The correct English form is sabbat, spelled S-A-B-B-A-T.
Definition
- 1Witches' Sabbath.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sabbat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Latter day witches, continuing the age-long cult, frequently made use of these old circles as meeting places, holding esbats, sabbats, and performing their ritual "ring" dances within the circumference of the tall granite stones.
“Holdin' Sabbats in the woods. It's all here you know,” Bottle continued, showing Sam his copy of Witchcraft Today.
Etymology
From French sabbat (“Sabbath”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).