Sarah
/ˈsɛɚ.ə/
"sarah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sarah” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,134
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sarah · Sarah · English
Sarah · rank #3,134 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,134
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH rush
Nearest frequency peer: rush (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sarah”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rescue
rescue
96,870 corpus weight
- resulting
resulting
96,869 corpus weight
- rush
rush
96,868 corpus weight
- Sarah
Sarah
96,867 corpus weight
- sessions
sessions
96,866 corpus weight
- sharp
sharp
96,865 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sarah” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Sarah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛɚ.ə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,134 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sarah” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Sarah (IPA /ˈsɛɚ.ə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #3,134 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sarah, with forms such as "asrah", "saarh", and "sarahh". 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, "shah", "sash", "Sera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)). The correct English form is Sarah, spelled S-A-R-A-H.
Definition
- 1The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
- 2A female given name from Hebrew.
- 3A placename
- 4A placename
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sarah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.
I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrah
- saarh
- sarahh
- sarha
- sarrah
- sraah
- ssarah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sarah - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sarah", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).
What to do next
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- "Sarah" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "shah". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,134 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.