# Ansar

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,061

## Definitions
1. A group of tribespeople, living in Madinah, who gave aid and protection to the prophet Mohammad and his followers, the Muhajirun.
2. The members of a Sufi religious movement in the Sudan, disciples of Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885).

## Etymology
From Arabic أَنْصَار (ʔanṣār, “helpers”).

## Easily confused with
- **ASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-asa)
- **asr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-asr)
- **ASAP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-asap)
- **Anya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-anya)
- **ANSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-ansi)
- **Asad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-asad)
- **ASMR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-asmr)
- **Assad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-assad)
- **Assam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-assam)
- **assay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-assay)
- **Anwar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-anwar)
- **ANZAC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-anzac)
- **Anson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-anson)
- **Azhar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-azhar)
- **answer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-answer)
- **Ansari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ansar-vs-ansari)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ana-vs-ansar)
- **ans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ans-vs-ansar)
- **Aar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aar-vs-ansar)
- **anna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anna-vs-ansar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`anasr`, `annsar`, `ansarr`, `ansra`, `anssar`, `asnar`, `nasar`

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