shah

\ʃa\

/\ʃa\/ noun

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The verdict

“shah” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,537. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,537
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de chah.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shah · shah · French

shah · rank #26,537 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,537
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sermons

Nearest frequency peer: sermons (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « shah »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « shah » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shah vs she
50% similar
shah vs sia
50% similar
shah vs SSH
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shah
PropertyValue
Headwordshah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#26,537
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shah »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).shahse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sermons » (#26,536), « Siam » (#26,538), « seigneuries » (#26,535). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shah » est au #26,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around shah (IPA \ʃa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,537 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Variante orthographique de chah.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for shah, with forms such as "hsah", "sahh", and "shahh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "she", "sia", "SSH", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is shah, spelled S-H-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de chah.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un second babi tira immédiatement sur le shah qui n'échappa à la mort que grâce à la présence d’esprit d'un de ses officiers accouru assez tôt pour détourner le bras du meurtrier.
  2. Les fêtes en l’honneur du shah firent, au mois de juillet 1873, quelque diversion aux préoccupations universelles ; […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsah
  • sahh
  • shahh
  • shha
  • shhah
  • sshah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shah - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hsah2sahh2shahh1shha2shhah1sshah1
Edit distance from "shah"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shah"?
"shah" is spelled S-H-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa\.
What does "shah" mean?
As a noun, "shah" means: Variante orthographique de chah.
What words are commonly confused with "shah"?
"shah" is commonly confused with "she", "sia", "SSH". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shah" is \ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shah" come from?
"shah" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shah", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Siam#26,538sino#26,539size#26,540riot#26,516

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

push6 variantspoussa6 variantsPaule6 variantsminou6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list