Abdul
/ˈæbdʊl/
"abdul" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abdul” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,827
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abdul · Abdul · English
Abdul · rank #11,827 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,827
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH absorption
Nearest frequency peer: absorption (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Abdul”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- XP
XP
88,178 corpus weight
- yeast
yeast
88,177 corpus weight
- Abdul
Abdul
88,174 corpus weight
- absorption
absorption
88,173 corpus weight
- accelerate
accelerate
88,172 corpus weight
- acne
acne
88,171 corpus weight
What this shows “Abdul” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abdul |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæbdʊl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Abdul”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Abdul (IPA /ˈæbdʊl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,827 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abdul, with forms such as "abbdul", "abddul", and "abdlu". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Abu", "ADL", "Abel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”). The correct English form is Abdul, spelled A-B-D-U-L.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abdul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abdul Basit’s life as one of America’s most-wanted men came to an end almost as suddenly as it began. His alleged co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing had implicated “Ramzi Yousef” when they were arrested, and the F.B.I. had on several occasions laid elaborate plans to capture him in Pakistan, but each time he had been alerted and had disappe…
Etymology
From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbdul
- abddul
- abdlu
- abdull
- abudl
- adbul
- badul
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abdul - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).