ayat
/ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/
"ayat" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ayat” is an uncommon English word, ranked #85,009 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85,009
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ayat” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ayat is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈaɪ.(j)ɑt/. Corpus data places it at rank #85,009 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ayat in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Persian آیت, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”). The correct English form is ayat, spelled A-Y-A-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of ayah (“verse of the Quran”).
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian آیت, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).
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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Using “ayat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-Y-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.