Fatah
"fatah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Fatah” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,884
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Corpus desk
Index EN-fatah · Fatah · English
Fatah · rank #34,884 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,884
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Falkland
Nearest frequency peer: Falkland (-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 “Fatah”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fae
fae
65,119 corpus weight
- Falkland
Falkland
65,118 corpus weight
- Fatah
Fatah
65,117 corpus weight
- FDIC
FDIC
65,116 corpus weight
- feasting
feasting
65,115 corpus weight
- ferment
ferment
65,114 corpus weight
What this shows “Fatah” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fatah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Fatah”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Fatah, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,884 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Fatah, with forms such as "aftah", "faath", and "fatahh". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "FTA", "fate", "fats", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”). The correct English form is Fatah, spelled F-A-T-A-H.
Definition
- 1A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fatah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.
Etymology
From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aftah
- faath
- fatahh
- fatha
- fattah
- ffatah
- ftaah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Fatah - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).