shura
"shura" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shura” is uncommon English (frequency #52,629 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,629
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A body that provides counsel to a leader.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shura · shura · English
shura · rank #52,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,629
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shrubbery
Nearest frequency peer: shrubbery (-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 “shura”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sheared
sheared
47,376 corpus weight
- shied
shied
47,375 corpus weight
- shortwave
shortwave
47,374 corpus weight
- shrubbery
shrubbery
47,373 corpus weight
- shura
shura
47,372 corpus weight
- SNC
SNC
47,368 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “shura” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shura |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shura” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shura is uncommon English at frequency #52,629 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A body that provides counsel to a leader.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for shura, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic شُورَى (šūrā, “consultation”). The correct English form is shura, spelled S-H-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1A body that provides counsel to a leader.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“The leadership, resistance and shura are all based here in Afghanistan.”
[…] Mullah Bradar[…] is said to reside in the Pakistan port city of Karachi, where many members of the Quetta shura have taken refuge, according to Afghan officials.
Etymology
From Arabic شُورَى (šūrā, “consultation”).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).