Awan

Name: Awan, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Awan” is uncommon English (frequency #72,103 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,103
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.

Corpus desk

Index EN-awan · Awan · English

Awan · rank #72,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #72,103
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH Ayan

Nearest frequency peer: Ayan (+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.

atman

27,903
attar

27,902
Awan

27,898
Ayan

27,897
Azim

27,895
Azrael

27,894

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

Key facts for Awan
Property	Value
Headword	Awan
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#72,103
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Awan” 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).Awanfalls in this rarity band:

#72,103

#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: “Ayan” (#72,104), “Azim” (#72,106), “attar” (#72,099). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Awan” is #72,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Awan is uncommon English at frequency #72,103 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Awan in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hebrew אָוֶן. The correct English form is Awan, spelled A-W-A-N.

Definition

1
The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Awan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Awan married her brother Cain.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָוֶן.

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 "Awan"?

"Awan" is spelled A-W-A-N.

What does "Awan" mean?

As a proper noun, "Awan" means: The daughter of Adam and Eve in the Book of Jubilees.

What is the origin of the word "Awan"?

Borrowed from Hebrew אָוֶן. 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 "Awan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ayan#72,104 Azim#72,106 Amun#72,081 bere#72,128