Sharjah

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"sharjah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Sharjah” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,407. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,407
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sharjah · Sharjah · English

Sharjah · rank #42,407 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,407
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Shakur

Nearest frequency peer: Shakur (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Sharjah”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Sharjah” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Sharjah vs Sharma
71% similar
Sharjah vs Sarah
71% similar
Sharjah vs sharia
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Sharjah
PropertyValue
HeadwordSharjah
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,407
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sharjah”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Sharjahlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Shakur” (#42,406), “Sherwin” (#42,408), “Skippy” (#42,409). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sharjah” is #42,407. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sharjah, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,407 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sharjah, with forms such as "hsarjah", "sahrjah", and "shajrah". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Sharma", "Sarah", "sharia", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga). The correct English form is Sharjah, spelled S-H-A-R-J-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
  2. 2
    The capital city of Sharjah emirate, United Arab Emirates.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsarjah
  • sahrjah
  • shajrah
  • sharajh
  • sharjahh
  • sharjha
  • sharjjah
  • sharrjah
  • shharjah
  • shrajah
  • ssharjah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sharjah - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsarjah2sahrjah2shajrah2sharajh2sharjahh1sharjha2sharjjah1sharrjah1
Edit distance from "Sharjah"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sharjah"?
"Sharjah" is spelled S-H-A-R-J-A-H.
What does "Sharjah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Sharjah" means: An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
What words are commonly confused with "Sharjah"?
"Sharjah" is commonly confused with "Sharma", "Sarah", "sharia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Sharjah"?
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sharjah", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sherwin#42,408seltzer#42,404skyward#42,410Selkirk#42,403

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

saintly11 variantsstartle11 variantssubplot11 variantstacitly11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list