sharon
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "sharon", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "sharon" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "sharon" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Sharon is aEnglishname. It means: A plain in Israel. Pronounced /ˈʃæɹən/. It ranks #8,091 in English word frequency. Often confused with sharp and Shawn.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sharon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /ˈʃæɹən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Sharon is 6 letters long, classified as aname, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Sharon, with forms such as "hsaron", "sahron", and "shaorn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sharp", "Shawn", "Shaun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Sharon, spelled S-H-A-R-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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:
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- 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”).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hsaron,sahron,shaorn,sharno,sharonn,sharron,shharon,shraon,ssharon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Sharon
Misspelling Variants of "Sharon"
Frequency rank: #8,091 in English
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