sahib
"sahib" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sahib” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,705. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,705
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sahib · sahib · English
sahib · rank #28,705 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,705
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH rune
Nearest frequency peer: rune (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sahib”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- roux
roux
71,299 corpus weight
- ruddy
ruddy
71,298 corpus weight
- rune
rune
71,297 corpus weight
- sahib
sahib
71,296 corpus weight
- Salam
Salam
71,295 corpus weight
- saucepan
saucepan
71,293 corpus weight
What this shows “sahib” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | sahib |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sahib”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sahib, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,705 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sahib, with forms such as "ashib", "sahbi", and "sahhib". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shi", "sai", "said", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindustani صاحب / साहिब (sāhib, “lord”), from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”). The correct English form is sahib, spelled S-A-H-I-B.
Definition
- 1A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sahib appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One day when the Man's Wife and the Tertium Quid had just arrived in the Cemetery, they saw some coolies breaking ground. They had marked out a full-size grave, and the Tertium Quid asked them whether any Sahib was sick. They said that they did not know; but it was an order that they should dig a Sahib's grave.
One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command natives.
Etymology
From Hindustani صاحب / साहिब (sāhib, “lord”), from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ashib
- sahbi
- sahhib
- sahibb
- saihb
- shaib
- ssahib
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sahib - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).