Shema
"shema" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Shema” is uncommon English (frequency #92,061 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,061
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shema · Shema · English
Shema · rank #92,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,061
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheetrock
Nearest frequency peer: Sheetrock (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Shema”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Severa
Severa
7,945 corpus weight
- shearwater
shearwater
7,942 corpus weight
- Sheetrock
Sheetrock
7,941 corpus weight
- Shema
Shema
7,940 corpus weight
- shoeshine
shoeshine
7,937 corpus weight
- showerhead
showerhead
7,934 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Shema” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shema |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Shema” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Shema is uncommon English at frequency #92,061 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Shema in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew שְׁמַע. The correct English form is Shema, spelled S-H-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
Etymology
From Hebrew שְׁמַע.
Synonyms
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.
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