Sharon
/ˈʃæɹən/
"sharon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sharon” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,091 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #8,091
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A plain in Israel.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sharon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃæɹən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sharon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Sharon is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃæɹən/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,091 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 26 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sharon, with forms such as "hsaron", "sahron", and "shaorn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sharp", "Shawn", "Shaun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”). The correct English form is Sharon, spelled S-H-A-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1A plain in Israel.
- 2A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
- 3A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
- 4A surname.
- 5A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 6A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 7A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 8A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 9A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 10A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 11A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
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- 17A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
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- 21A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 22A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 23A number of places in the United States named after the biblical place:
- 24A place in Canada:
- 25A place in Canada:
- 26A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
Etymology
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hsaron,sahron,shaorn,sharno,sharonn,sharron,shharon,shraon,ssharon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sharon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Sharon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-A-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈʃæɹən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sharp” - see the side-by-side comparison. Sharon vs sharp
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.