Sikh
/siːk/noun, adjective
Sikh is spelled S-I-K-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Sikh means “An adherent of Sikhism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Sikh is Sikhs.
How many letters and syllables are in Sikh?
| Letters | 4: S-I-K-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Sikh?
Sikh appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 Sikh?
- /siːk/
- /sɪk/
Sikh has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-Sikh.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Sikh
Sounds like: seek (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of Sikh
- Sikhs plural
- more Sikh comparative
- most Sikh superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Sikh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An adherent of Sikhism.
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sikh in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Sikh come from?
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).