Shabazz
"shabazz" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shabazz” is uncommon English (frequency #55,096 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,096
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shabazz · Shabazz · English
Shabazz · rank #55,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,096
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shanxi
Nearest frequency peer: Shanxi (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Shabazz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- seesaw
seesaw
44,910 corpus weight
- Sephardic
Sephardic
44,908 corpus weight
- serv
serv
44,907 corpus weight
- Shabazz
Shabazz
44,905 corpus weight
- Shanxi
Shanxi
44,904 corpus weight
- Sheboygan
Sheboygan
44,902 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Shabazz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shabazz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Shabazz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Shabazz is uncommon English at frequency #55,096 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Shabazz has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic شَعْب (šaʕb, “a people”) and Arabic عَزّ (ʕazz, “to be mighty or glorious”). Also possibly from Persian شهباز (šahbâz, “royal falcon”), from شاه (shāh, “king”), + باز (bāz, “hawk, falcon”). The correct English form is Shabazz, spelled S-H-A-B-A-Z-Z.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2According to Nation of Islam doctrine, an old prophet from Mecca who led his people into Africa.
Etymology
From Arabic شَعْب (šaʕb, “a people”) and Arabic عَزّ (ʕazz, “to be mighty or glorious”). Also possibly from Persian شهباز (šahbâz, “royal falcon”), from شاه (shāh, “king”), + باز (bāz, “hawk, falcon”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).