sharrow
shar·row/ˈʃæɹoʊ/noun
sharrow is spelled S-H-A-R-R-O-W: 7 letters and 2 syllables (shar·row). It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sharrow means “A marking (often consisting of an image of a bicycle with two inverted V shapes either above or below it) on the surface of a paved road shared by…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sharrow is sharrows.
How many letters and syllables are in sharrow?
| Letters | 7: S-H-A-R-R-O-W |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: shar·row |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sharrow?
Sharrow appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sharrow?
- UK /ˈʃæɹəʊ/
- US /ˈʃæɹoʊ/
Sharrow has 2 syllables, split shar·row in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sharrow.wav, En-us-sharrow.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sharrow?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sharrow from its last stressed vowel (/æɹoʊ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sharrow
- sharrows plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sharrow mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSA marking (often consisting of an image of a bicycle with two inverted V shapes either above or below it) on the surface of a paved road shared by both bicycles and other vehicles indicating a portion of the road that cyclists may use.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sharrow come from?
Blend of share (verb) + arrow, coined by Oliver Gajda of the City and County of San Francisco Bicycle Program; see the 21 July 2004 quotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).