sheth
/ʃɛθ/
"sheth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheth” is uncommon English (frequency #93,143 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,143
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sheth · sheth · English
sheth · rank #93,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,143
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shinny
Nearest frequency peer: shinny (+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 “sheth”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Shakespeari…
Shakespearian
6,862 corpus weight
- Sharlene
Sharlene
6,861 corpus weight
- shellie
shellie
6,860 corpus weight
- sheth
sheth
6,858 corpus weight
- shinny
shinny
6,857 corpus weight
- shorties
shorties
6,854 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sheth” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɛθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sheth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sheth is uncommon English at frequency #93,143 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɛθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sheth, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English schethe; possibly related to or even etymologically identical to sheath. Compare Old English sċēaþa, Middle Dutch schêde (“nail”). The correct English form is sheth, spelled S-H-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schethe; possibly related to or even etymologically identical to sheath. Compare Old English sċēaþa, Middle Dutch schêde (“nail”).
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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.