Shams
\ʃams\
The verdict
“Shams” is uncommon French (frequency #88,091 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,091
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quatre-vingt-onzième sourate du Coran.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shams · Shams · French
Shams · rank #88,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,091
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Shaquille
Nearest frequency peer: Shaquille (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Shams »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- senter
senter
11,914 corpus weight
- sexto
sexto
11,912 corpus weight
- Shams
Shams
11,910 corpus weight
- Shaquille
Shaquille
11,909 corpus weight
- shari
shari
11,908 corpus weight
- SIB
SIB
11,907 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Shams » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Shams |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃams\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Shams » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Shams is uncommon French at frequency #88,091 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃams\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quatre-vingt-onzième sourate du Coran.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Shams in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Shams, spelled S-H-A-M-S.
Definition
- 1Quatre-vingt-onzième sourate du Coran.
Synonyms
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.
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