Sharlene
"sharlene" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sharlene” is uncommon English (frequency #93,140 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,140
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sharlene · Sharlene · English
Sharlene · rank #93,140 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,140
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Shakespearian
Nearest frequency peer: Shakespearian (-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 “Sharlene”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- SERP
SERP
6,865 corpus weight
- shaked
shaked
6,863 corpus weight
- Shakespeari…
Shakespearian
6,862 corpus weight
- Sharlene
Sharlene
6,861 corpus weight
- shellie
shellie
6,860 corpus weight
- sheth
sheth
6,858 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sharlene” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sharlene |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sharlene” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sharlene is uncommon English at frequency #93,140 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sharlene in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Sharlene, spelled S-H-A-R-L-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sharlene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The name Sharlene sounds like a chemical, she thought. Aunt Gwen has no taste.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.