# Iran

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɪˈɹɑːn/ · frequency rank #2,391

## Definitions
1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.
2. regions inhabited by the Iranian peoples.

## Etymology
From Iranian Persian ایران (irân), from Classical Persian ایران (ērān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān, “of the Aryans”). See 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾērān) for word formation, further etymology and cognates. The name of the political entity is a 3rd-century development that derives from the indigenous ethnolinguistic name of the Iranian peoples, i.e. the great variety of Iranian tribes that spoke an Iranian language.

## Easily confused with
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irs)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-isa)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irl)
- **ire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-ire)
- **IRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irc)
- **IRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irb)
- **Irv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irv)
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-iron)
- **Iraq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-iraq)
- **Ivan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-ivan)
- **iris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-iris)
- **Irma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irma)
- **Iraqi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-iraqi)
- **irony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irony)
- **Irene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irene)
- **Irwin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irwin)
- **irons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irons)
- **Irina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irina)
- **Irvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irvin)
- **irate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iran-vs-irate)

## Common misspellings (4)
`iarn`, `irann`, `irna`, `irran`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/iran