Arafat
"arafat" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Arafat” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,380
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Arabic surname عَرَفَات (ʕarafāt).
Corpus desk
Index EN-arafat · Arafat · English
Arafat · rank #34,380 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,380
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH appetizer
Nearest frequency peer: appetizer (-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 “Arafat”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- anode
anode
65,624 corpus weight
- apparition
apparition
65,623 corpus weight
- appetizer
appetizer
65,622 corpus weight
- Arafat
Arafat
65,621 corpus weight
- argon
argon
65,620 corpus weight
- arrowhead
arrowhead
65,619 corpus weight
What this shows “Arafat” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arafat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Arafat”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Arafat, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,380 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A transliteration of the Arabic surname عَرَفَات (ʕarafāt).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Arafat, with forms such as "aarfat", "araaft", and "arafatt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Arabic عَرَفَات (ʕarafāt). The correct English form is Arafat, spelled A-R-A-F-A-T.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Arabic surname عَرَفَات (ʕarafāt).
Etymology
Transliteration of Arabic عَرَفَات (ʕarafāt).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aarfat
- araaft
- arafatt
- araffat
- arafta
- arfaat
- arrafat
- raafat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Arafat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).