Avraham

name

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"avraham" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Avraham” is uncommon English (frequency #66,481 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,481
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hebrew.

Corpus desk

Index EN-avraham · Avraham · English

Avraham · rank #66,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,481
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH authorial

Nearest frequency peer: authorial (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Avraham”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Avraham” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Avraham
PropertyValue
HeadwordAvraham
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,481
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Avraham” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Avrahamfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “authorial” (#66,479), “Aurobindo” (#66,478), “Backstrom” (#66,484). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Avraham” is #66,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Avraham is uncommon English at frequency #66,481 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hebrew.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Avraham, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Transliteration of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם. The correct English form is Avraham, spelled A-V-R-A-H-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.

Etymology

Transliteration of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Avraham"?
"Avraham" is spelled A-V-R-A-H-A-M.
What does "Avraham" mean?
As a proper noun, "Avraham" means: A male given name from Hebrew.
What is the origin of the word "Avraham"?
Transliteration of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Avraham", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Athlone#66,475archaea#66,469Beecham#66,501Bemidji#66,504

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list