shabat

[ʃaˈβ̞at̪]

/[ʃaˈβ̞at̪]/ noun

The verdict

“shabat” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #76,763 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#76,763
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — En el judaísmo es el séptimo día de la semana, siendo el día sagrado de la semana. El shabat se observa desde el atardecer del viernes hasta la aparición de tres estrellas la noche del shabat. Segú...

Key facts for shabat
PropertyValue
Headwordshabat
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃaˈβ̞at̪]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “shabat” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). shabat lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for shabat is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃaˈβ̞at̪]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,763 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En el judaísmo es el séptimo día de la semana, siendo el día sagrado de la semana. El shabat se observa desde el atardecer del viernes hasta la aparición de tres estrellas la noche del shabat. Segú...".

No misspelling variants are generated for shabat in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is shabat, spelled S-H-A-B-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    En el judaísmo es el séptimo día de la semana, siendo el día sagrado de la semana. El shabat se observa desde el atardecer del viernes hasta la aparición de tres estrellas la noche del shabat. Según las prescripciones de la Toráh, debe ser celebrado en primer lugar mediante la abstención de cualquier clase de trabajo.

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shabat"?
"shabat" is spelled S-H-A-B-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃaˈβ̞at̪].
What does "shabat" mean?
As a noun, "shabat" means: En el judaísmo es el séptimo día de la semana, siendo el día sagrado de la semana. El shabat se observa desde el atardecer del viernes hasta la aparición de tres estrellas la noche del shabat. Segú...
How do you pronounce "shabat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shabat" is [ʃaˈβ̞at̪]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shabat" come from?
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Using “shabat”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is S-H-A-B-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃaˈβ̞at̪] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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