Iblis
/ibˈliːs/
"iblis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iblis” is an uncommon English word, ranked #98,240 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #98,240
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Satan; the Devil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iblis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ibˈliːs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Iblis” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Iblis is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ibˈliːs/. Corpus data places it at rank #98,240 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Satan; the Devil.".
Iblis has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b l s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos). The correct English form is Iblis, spelled I-B-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Satan; the Devil.
Etymology
From Arabic إِبْلِيس (ʔiblīs, “Iblis”), possibly from the trilateral root ب ل س (b l s) with the general meaning of “despair”, بَلَسَ (balasa). Alternatively, perhaps from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
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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 “Iblis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-B-L-I-S - 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.