Ahmed
/ˈɑːχ.mɛd/
"ahmed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ahmed” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,133
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ahmed · Ahmed · English
Ahmed · rank #9,133 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,133
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH agreeing
Nearest frequency peer: agreeing (-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 “Ahmed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Afghan
Afghan
90,871 corpus weight
- afterward
afterward
90,870 corpus weight
- agreeing
agreeing
90,869 corpus weight
- Ahmed
Ahmed
90,868 corpus weight
- allocated
allocated
90,867 corpus weight
- appealed
appealed
90,866 corpus weight
What this shows “Ahmed” 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 | Ahmed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɑːχ.mɛd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Ahmed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Ahmed (IPA /ˈɑːχ.mɛd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,133 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ahmed, with forms such as "ahemd", "ahhmed", and "ahmde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AMD", "AmE", "amid", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad) The correct English form is Ahmed, spelled A-H-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Arabic, variant of Ahmad.
- 2A surname from Arabic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ahmed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahemd
- ahhmed
- ahmde
- ahmedd
- ahmmed
- amhed
- hamed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ahmed - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ahmed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).