shareef
"shareef" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shareef” is uncommon English (frequency #73,627 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,627
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent
Corpus desk
Index EN-shareef · shareef · English
shareef · rank #73,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,627
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shareable
Nearest frequency peer: shareable (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “shareef”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sephiroth
sephiroth
26,380 corpus weight
- Sergius
Sergius
26,378 corpus weight
- shareable
shareable
26,375 corpus weight
- shareef
shareef
26,374 corpus weight
- shari'a
shari'a
26,373 corpus weight
- shipowner
shipowner
26,369 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shareef” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shareef |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shareef” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shareef is uncommon English at frequency #73,627 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for shareef, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi शरीफ़ (śarīf)/Urdu شریف, from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). The correct English form is shareef, spelled S-H-A-R-E-E-F.
Definition
- 1meek, gentle, gentlemanly, upstanding, innocent
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shareef appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sling bags are another variety that have caught the fancy of DU students because of their sheer style. "They come in so many designs and sizes. The big ones make you look like a very shareef student, which is a good thing sometimes..."
Etymology
From Hindi शरीफ़ (śarīf)/Urdu شریف, from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).