shawarma
\ʃa.waʁ.ma\
The verdict
“shawarma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-shawarma · shawarma · French
shawarma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shawarma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.waʁ.ma\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
shawarma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.waʁ.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce.".
shawarma doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is shawarma, spelled S-H-A-W-A-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Sandwich ou roulade à base de viande de kébab cuite sur broche verticale agrémentée de légumes et de sauce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shawarma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Syriens faisaient d’ailleurs des falafels et des shawarmas délicieux.
Avec Salem et Khaled, nous mangeons un shawarma sur les ruines de Palmyre.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.