Arab League

name

"arab-league" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Arab League” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An international organization of Arabic-speaking countries.

Key facts for Arab League
PropertyValue
HeadwordArab League
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Arab League” sits in English frequency

Arab League falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Arab League is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An international organization of Arabic-speaking countries.".

Arab League doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Ellipsis of League of Arab States, the organization’s official name. The correct English form is Arab League, spelled A-R-A-B- -L-E-A-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An international organization of Arabic-speaking countries.

Etymology

Ellipsis of League of Arab States, the organization’s official name.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Arab League"?
"Arab League" is spelled A-R-A-B- -L-E-A-G-U-E.
What does "Arab League" mean?
As a proper noun, "Arab League" means: An international organization of Arabic-speaking countries.
What is the origin of the word "Arab League"?
Ellipsis of League of Arab States, the organization’s official name. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Arab League”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-R-A-B- -L-E-A-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list