sidhe
/ʃiː/noun
sidhe is spelled S-I-D-H-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sidhe means “A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sidhe?
| Letters | 5: S-I-D-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sidhe?
Sidhe appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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).
How do you pronounce sidhe?
- /ʃiː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with sidhe
Sounds like: she (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with sidhe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sidhe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: deshi, shide.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sidhe
- sidh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sidhe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fairy in Gaelic folklore (a member of the Sidhe).
- 2
A fairy mound or hill, or a fairy palace or hollow within a hill, in Gaelic folklore.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sidhe.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of sidhe (“fairy”)
- 2
A hill used as a dwelling by members of the Sidhe; fairyland, faerie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sidhe come from?
From obsolete Irish sídhe (now spelled sí). See Sidhe for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).