# Sahara

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈhɑːɹə/ · frequency rank #17,234

## Definitions
1. A desert in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

## Etymology
From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

## Easily confused with
- **Sara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sara)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-share)
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sharp)
- **shark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-shark)
- **shard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-shard)
- **Samar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-samar)
- **Shari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-shari)
- **Sanaa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sanaa)
- **shaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-shaka)
- **Shana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-shana)
- **salary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-salary)
- **Sandra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sandra)
- **sharia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sharia)
- **Sharma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sharma)
- **sakura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-sakura)
- **samara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-samara)
- **Saharan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-saharan)
- **Samaria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-samaria)
- **Sagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sagar-vs-sahara)
- **safari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/safari-vs-sahara)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ashara`, `saahra`, `sahaar`, `saharra`, `sahhara`, `sahraa`, `shaara`, `ssahara`

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