# Sabbath

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsæbəθ/ · frequency rank #15,050

## Definitions
1. Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
2. Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
3. Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
4. Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
5. Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.

## 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")

## Easily confused with
- **Shabbat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabbath-vs-shabbat)
- **Sabah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sabah-vs-sabbath)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asbbath`, `sababth`, `sabath`, `sabbaht`, `sabbathh`, `sabbatth`, `sabbtah`, `sbabath`, `ssabbath`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sabbath