shabbos
/ˈʃɑːbɪs/noun
shabbos is spelled S-H-A-B-B-O-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shabbos means “Shabbat or shabbat (the biblical seventh-day Sabbath)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shabbos is shabbosim or shabboses.
How many letters and syllables are in shabbos?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-B-B-O-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is shabbos?
Shabbos appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 shabbos?
- /ˈʃɑːbɪs/
- /ˈʃɑːbəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-RajanD100-shabbos.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of shabbos
- shabbosim plural
- shabboses plural
- shabbes
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shabbos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Shabbat or shabbat (the biblical seventh-day Sabbath).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shabbos come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish שבת (shabes), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). Doublet of Shabbat and Sabbath.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).