Shahab
noun
Shahab is spelled S-H-A-H-A-B: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Shahab means “A kind of Iranian missile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Shahab is Shahabs.
How many letters and syllables are in Shahab?
| Letters | 6: S-H-A-H-A-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 131,834th 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 Shahab?
Shahab appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th 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).
Forms of Shahab
- Shahabs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Shahab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A kind of Iranian missile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Shahab come from?
From Persian شهاب (šahâb, literally “meteor”), from Arabic شِهَاب (šihāb).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).