shoah
noun, verb
shoah is spelled S-H-O-A-H: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shoah means “A mass murder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shoah is shoahs.
How many letters and syllables are in shoah?
| Letters | 5: S-H-O-A-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is shoah?
Shoah appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of shoah
- shoahs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- shoahing participle, present
- shoahed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shoah mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mass murder.
verb
- 1
To destroy; to remove; to take down, especially from an Internet platform.
I had to create a new account, because my old one was shoahed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shoah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew שׁוֹאָה (šōʾā, “catastrophe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).