shekinah
/ʃɪˈkaɪnə/
"shekinah" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shekinah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
Corpus desk
Index EN-shekinah · shekinah · English
shekinah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shekinah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɪˈkaɪnə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shekinah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shekinah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɪˈkaɪnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God".
Zero misspellings are on record for shekinah in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (sh'chiná, literally “act of dwelling”). The correct English form is shekinah, spelled S-H-E-K-I-N-A-H.
Definition
- 1A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shekinah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some said that the Shekinah, who dwelt with his people on earth, still lived on the Temple Mount, even though the Temple was in ruins.
Etymology
From Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (sh'chiná, literally “act of dwelling”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.