# Sahel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈhɛl/ · frequency rank #45,067

## Definitions
1. A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.
2. An administrative region of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “border of the desert, coastline”).

## Easily confused with
- **she** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-she)
- **sal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sal)
- **Sel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sel)
- **same** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-same)
- **save** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-save)
- **sale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sale)
- **sake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sake)
- **shed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shed)
- **sail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sail)
- **sane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sane)
- **Saul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-saul)
- **Shea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shea)
- **Shen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shen)
- **shep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shep)
- **Shem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shem)
- **Shek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-shek)
- **sate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sate)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-sales)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-steel)
- **saved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahel-vs-saved)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ashel`, `saehl`, `sahell`, `sahhel`, `ssahel`

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