shahi
"shahi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shahi” is uncommon English (frequency #71,910 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,910
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shahi · shahi · English
shahi · rank #71,910 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,910
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH Shadi
Nearest frequency peer: Shadi (-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 “shahi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- severally
severally
28,095 corpus weight
- Shadi
Shadi
28,092 corpus weight
- shahi
shahi
28,091 corpus weight
- shakey
shakey
28,090 corpus weight
- shanked
shanked
28,089 corpus weight
- Shehu
Shehu
28,088 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “shahi” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shahi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,910 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shahi” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
shahi is uncommon English at frequency #71,910 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.".
shahi doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهِی (šāhī). The correct English form is shahi, spelled S-H-A-H-I.
Definition
- 1A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran.
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَاهِی (šāhī).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shahi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.