shalom
/ʃɑːˈloʊm/interjection, noun, verb
shalom is spelled S-H-A-L-O-M: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, shalom means “A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shalom?
| Letters | 6: S-H-A-L-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shalom?
Shalom appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 shalom?
- /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
- /ʃəˈləʊm/
Shalom has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-shalom.wav, En-NYC_shalom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with shalom
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: sholom.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with shalom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shalom.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: halmos.
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 shalom
- shaloms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- shaloming participle, present
- shalomed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shalom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
noun
- 1
The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom".
- 2
Peace.
verb
- 1
To greet somebody with "shalom".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Shalom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does shalom come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).