shiksa
/ˈʃɪksə/
"shiksa" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shiksa” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shiksa · shiksa · English
shiksa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | shiksa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɪksə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shiksa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shiksa is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃɪksə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for shiksa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination, impure, object of loathing”). The correct English form is shiksa, spelled S-H-I-K-S-A.
Definition
- 1A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young.
- 2A sexually promiscuous gentile woman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shiksa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Shickse, that wasn't bad enough? What's worse, you ask? A black man? Well this daughter of mine had to find herself a black woman in order to spite me. That I should never rest easy in my grave.
Etymology
From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination, impure, object of loathing”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.