sheriff
Spanish, noun/ˈʃeɾif/
sheriff is spelled S-H-E-R-I-F-F (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sheriff is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sheriff (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Representante de la justicia que se encarga de hacer cumplir la ley en algunos países anglosajones”.
What does sheriff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheriff (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Representante de la justicia que se encarga de hacer cumplir la ley en algunos países anglosajones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sheriff
- sheriffs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sheriff?
- /ˈʃeɾif/
- [ˈʃe.ɾif]
- [ˈʃeɾif]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sheriff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sheriff in Spanish?
sheriff appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).