Shaul
/ʃɑˈuːl/
"shaul" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shaul” is uncommon English (frequency #79,964 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,964
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shaul · Shaul · English
Shaul · rank #79,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,964
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sharad
Nearest frequency peer: Sharad (-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 “Shaul”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sengupta
Sengupta
20,042 corpus weight
- shakily
shakily
20,039 corpus weight
- Sharad
Sharad
20,038 corpus weight
- Shaul
Shaul
20,037 corpus weight
- Shinde
Shinde
20,035 corpus weight
- Shion
Shion
20,032 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Shaul” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shaul |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ʃɑˈuːl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Shaul” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Shaul is uncommon English at frequency #79,964 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ʃɑˈuːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Shaul in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Saul. The correct English form is Shaul, spelled S-H-A-U-L.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Saul.
Etymology
See Saul.
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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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.