# Allah

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈlɑː/ · frequency rank #8,384

## Definitions
1. God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

## Etymology
From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.

## Easily confused with
- **ally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-ally)
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alma)
- **alta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alta)
- **allo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allo)
- **Alva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alva)
- **alls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alls)
- **allow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allow)
- **Allen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allen)
- **alley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alley)
- **Allan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allan)
- **altar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-altar)
- **atlas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-atlas)
- **alloy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alloy)
- **Allie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allie)
- **allot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allot)
- **Aslan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-aslan)
- **allay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allay)
- **alway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-alway)
- **Allman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allah-vs-allman)
- **all** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/all-vs-allah)

## Common misspellings (5)
`alah`, `alalh`, `allahh`, `allha`, `lalah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/allah