Sharon

Name: Sharon, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈʃæɹən/

//ˈʃæɹən// name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Sharon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,091. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,091
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A plain in Israel.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sharon · Sharon · English

Sharon · rank #8,091 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,091
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH Seth

Nearest frequency peer: Seth (-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.

senses

91,913
sensor

91,912
Seth

91,911
Sharon

91,910
showcase

91,909
smoked

91,908

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Sharon vs sharp

50% similar

Sharon vs Shawn

67% similar

Sharon vs Shaun

67% similar

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

Key facts for Sharon
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)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sharon”

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).Sharonlands here:

#8,091

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Seth” (#8,090), “showcase” (#8,092), “sensor” (#8,089). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Sharon” is #8,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sharon (IPA /ˈʃæɹən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,091 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 26 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

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A plain in Israel.
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A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
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A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Sharon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.”

Etymology

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

This word in other languages

Sharon(Français)

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.

Edit distance from "Sharon"

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 "Sharon"?

"Sharon" is spelled S-H-A-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃæɹən/.

What does "Sharon" mean?

As a proper noun, "Sharon" means: A plain in Israel.

What words are commonly confused with "Sharon"?

"Sharon" is commonly confused with "sharp", "Shawn", "Shaun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Sharon"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sharon" is /ˈʃæɹən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "Sharon"?

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”). 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 "Sharon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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