Sikh
/siːk/
"sikh" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sikh” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,430. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,430
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An adherent of Sikhism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sikh · Sikh · English
Sikh · rank #18,430 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,430
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shortcut
Nearest frequency peer: shortcut (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Sikh”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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seventeenth
81,574 corpus weight
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81,573 corpus weight
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shortcut
81,572 corpus weight
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Sikh
81,571 corpus weight
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Skye
81,570 corpus weight
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slamming
81,569 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sikh” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sikh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /siːk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sikh” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Sikh (IPA /siːk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,430 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An adherent of Sikhism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sikh, with forms such as "iskh", "sihk", and "sikhh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SK", "six", "sir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha). The correct English form is Sikh, spelled S-I-K-H.
Definition
- 1An adherent of Sikhism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sikh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had credible information linking the Indian government to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an Indian-born Canadian national and Sikh dissident who was an outspoken supporter of Khalistan, a proposed autonomous homeland for Sikhs in northern India.
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iskh
- sihk
- sikhh
- sikkh
- skih
- ssikh
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sikh - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sikh", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Sikh" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "SK". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,430 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.