Shekhina

\ʃɛ.ki.na\

/\ʃɛ.ki.na\/ noun

The verdict

“Shekhina” 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) - Présence de Dieu parmi son peuple, le peuple d’Israël, ou immanence divine dans le monde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shekhina · Shekhina · French

Shekhina · 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.

Key facts for Shekhina
PropertyValue
HeadwordShekhina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛ.ki.na\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “Shekhina” se place dans la fréquence du français

Shekhinan'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Shekhina is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛ.ki.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Présence de Dieu parmi son peuple, le peuple d’Israël, ou immanence divine dans le monde.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Shekhina, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Shekhina, spelled S-H-E-K-H-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Présence de Dieu parmi son peuple, le peuple d’Israël, ou immanence divine dans le monde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dieu était bien présent, en tant que Shekhina, au milieu des trois hommes en visite chez Abraham, à Mamré, puis tout au long de la route jusqu’aux portes de Sodome. Puis Dieu s’en va, et il ne reste que les deux anges, l’un pour exterminer les villes, l’autre pour sauver Loth et sa famille. Dieu s’en est allé juste avant l’extermination.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Shekhina"?
"Shekhina" is spelled S-H-E-K-H-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛ.ki.na\.
What does "Shekhina" mean?
As a noun, "Shekhina" means: Présence de Dieu parmi son peuple, le peuple d’Israël, ou immanence divine dans le monde.
How do you pronounce "Shekhina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Shekhina" is \ʃɛ.ki.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Shekhina" come from?
"Shekhina" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list