sheriff

\ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\

/\ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\/ noun

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The verdict

“sheriff” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,559
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adjoint au maire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sheriff · sheriff · French

sheriff · rank #37,559 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,559
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sicilien

Nearest frequency peer: sicilien (+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 « sheriff »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sheriff » 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).

sheriff vs shérif
71% similar

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

Key facts for sheriff
PropertyValue
Headwordsheriff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,559
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sheriff »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sicilien » (#37,560), « Sheffield » (#37,557), « smoke » (#37,561). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sheriff » est au #37,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sheriff (IPA \ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,559 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sheriff, with forms such as "hseriff", "sehriff", and "sheirff". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "shérif", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sheriff, spelled S-H-E-R-I-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adjoint au maire.
  2. 2
    Shérif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The Sheriff of Nottingham was Robin Hood's foe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hseriff
  • sehriff
  • sheirff
  • sherfif
  • sherriff
  • shheriff
  • shreiff
  • ssheriff

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sheriff - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hseriff2sehriff2sheirff2sherfif2sherriff1shheriff1shreiff2ssheriff1
Edit distance from "sheriff"

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 "sheriff"?
"sheriff" is spelled S-H-E-R-I-F-F. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\.
What does "sheriff" mean?
As a noun, "sheriff" means: Adjoint au maire.
What words are commonly confused with "sheriff"?
"sheriff" is commonly confused with "shérif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sheriff"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sheriff" is \ˈʃɛɹ.ɪf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sheriff" come from?
"sheriff" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soupira#37,563Scipion#37,554stalker#37,566référés#37,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list