Sabbath
/ˈsæbəθ/
"sabbath" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sabbath” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,050. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,050
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sabbath · Sabbath · English
Sabbath · rank #15,050 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,050
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH ryder
Nearest frequency peer: ryder (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sabbath”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- router
router
84,955 corpus weight
- ryder
ryder
84,952 corpus weight
- Sabbath
Sabbath
84,951 corpus weight
- Schneider
Schneider
84,950 corpus weight
- Schwartz
Schwartz
84,949 corpus weight
- scouting
scouting
84,948 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sabbath” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sabbath |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsæbəθ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sabbath” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sabbath (IPA /ˈsæbəθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,050 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sabbath, with forms such as "asbbath", "sababth", and "sabath". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Shabbat", "Sabah", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenc… The correct English form is Sabbath, spelled S-A-B-B-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
- 2Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
- 3Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
- 4Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
- 5Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sabbath appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian).
Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
Etymology
From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “Sabbath”), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. Doublet of Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest")
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asbbath
- sababth
- sabath
- sabbaht
- sabbathh
- sabbatth
- sabbtah
- sbabath
- ssabbath
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sabbath - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sabbath", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.