sabbath
/ˈsæbəθ/noun
sabbath is spelled S-A-B-B-A-T-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sabbath means “Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sabbath is sabbaths.
How many letters and syllables are in sabbath?
| Letters | 7: S-A-B-B-A-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sabbath?
Sabbath appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sabbath?
- US /ˈsæbəθ/
Sabbath has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Sabbath.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sabbath
- sabbaths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sabbath mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.
noun
- 1
Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
- 2
Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
- 3
Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian).
- 4
A meeting of witches. (Also called a witches' Sabbath, Shabbat, sabbat, or black Sabbath.)
- 5
Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
- 6
Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sabbath in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vendredi , sabbat, shabbat, chabbat , dimanche |
| German | Freitag , Sabbat, Schabbat, Schabbes , Sonntag , Hexensabbat |
| Portuguese | sabá , domingo , sabbat |
| Spanish | sábado, sabbat, shabbat , domingo , aquelarre |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sabbath come from?
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").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).