# Iraq

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɪˈɹɑːk/ · frequency rank #3,435

## Definitions
1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
2. An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”).

## Easily confused with
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irs)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-isa)
- **IRL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irl)
- **ire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-ire)
- **IRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irc)
- **IRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irb)
- **Irv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irv)
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-iron)
- **Ivan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-ivan)
- **iris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-iris)
- **Irma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irma)
- **Iraqi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-iraqi)
- **irate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irate)
- **Irfan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iraq-vs-irfan)
- **IA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-iraq)
- **IQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iq-vs-iraq)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ira-vs-iraq)
- **Ida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ida-vs-iraq)
- **IPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ipa-vs-iraq)
- **Ima** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ima-vs-iraq)

## Common misspellings (5)
`iarq`, `iraqq`, `irqa`, `irraq`, `riaq`

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