sheikh
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃej.ki/
sheikh is spelled S-H-E-I-K-H (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sheikh is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of xeique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sheikh mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of xeique
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sheikh
- sheikhs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sheikh?
- Brazil /ˈʃej.ki/
- Brazil [ˈʃeɪ̯.ki]
- Portugal /ˈʃɐj.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sheikh in Portuguese?
sheikh appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).