Sanhedrin
/sænˈhiː.dɹɪn/
"sanhedrin" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sanhedrin” is uncommon English (frequency #62,473 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,473
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sanhedrin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sænˈhiː.dɹɪn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sanhedrin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sanhedrin is uncommon English at frequency #62,473 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sænˈhiː.dɹɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Sanhedrin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (sunédrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”). Doublet of synedrion. The correct English form is Sanhedrin, spelled S-A-N-H-E-D-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
- 2The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín, “Sanhedrin”), from Ancient Greek συνέδριον (sunédrion, “sitting together, hence assembly or council”). Doublet of synedrion.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is S-A-N-H-E-D-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.