ushabti
/uːˈʃabti/noun
ushabti is spelled U-S-H-A-B-T-I: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ushabti means “In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ushabti is ushabtiu or ushabtis.
How many letters and syllables are in ushabti?
| Letters | 7: U-S-H-A-B-T-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 ushabti?
Ushabti appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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 ushabti?
- UK /uːˈʃabti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ushabti?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ushabti (/abti/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: habitus.
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 ushabti
- ushabtiu plural
- ushabtis plural
- shabti
- shawabti
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ushabti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ushabti come from?
Borrowed from Egyptian w-S-b-t:y-A53 (wšbtj, “ushabti”, literally “answerer”), by folk etymology from earlier SA-wA-b-t:y-A53 (šꜣwꜣbtj), perhaps from S-wA-b-M1 (šwꜣb, “persea (tree)”), which may have been the material they were originally made from. The variant forms shawabti, shabti are borrowed directly from the earlier Egyptian forms šꜣwꜣbtj and šꜣbtj, respectively.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).