The Correct spelling is: sheriff
Common misspellings of the word sheriff are:
How do you spell sheriff?. It is not sherif
- The chief law enforcement officer for the courts in a U.S. county.
- An officer of a county or an administrative region in England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, charged mainly with judicial duties.
[Middle English, the representative of royal authority in a shire, from Old English scÄ«rgerÄ“fa : scÄ«r, shire + gerÄ“fa, reeve.]