shab
/ʃæb/verb
shab is spelled S-H-A-B: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, shab means “To skulk or sneak away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shab?
| Letters | 4: S-H-A-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shab?
Shab appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shab?
- /ʃæb/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shab.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shab?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shab.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bash.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shab
- shabs present, singular, he/she/it
- shabbing participle, present
- shabbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKobsoleteTo move (something, away or out of the way), to drive off.
Certain Nipnets intended to have sheltred themselves under Vncas; but he perceiving it would be distastful to the English, soon shab'd them off.
- 2
UKslangTo skulk or sneak away.
- 3
obsoleteTo scratch; to rub.
noun
- 1
UKobsoleteScabies.
- 2
UKobsoleteA scab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shab come from?
See scab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).