# Shams

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,483

## Definitions
1. A surname from Arabic.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *śamš-
Arabic شَمْس (šams)bor.
English Shams
Borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams).

## Easily confused with
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-sms)
- **shaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shaw)
- **spam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-spam)
- **slam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-slam)
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-sums)
- **Sims** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-sims)
- **swam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-swam)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shan)
- **shay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shay)
- **Siam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-siam)
- **spas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-spas)
- **shat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shat)
- **Shem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shem)
- **shim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shim)
- **she's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-she-s)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shows)
- **share** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-share)
- **stars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-stars)
- **shape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shape)
- **shoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shams-vs-shoes)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsams`, `sahms`, `shamms`, `shamss`, `shasm`, `shhams`, `shmas`, `sshams`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shams