Iraqi
/ɪˈɹɑːki/
"iraqi" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Iraqi” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,703
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-iraqi · Iraqi · English
Iraqi · rank #7,703 · 6 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,703
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH international…
Nearest frequency peer: internationally (-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 “Iraqi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- how's
how's
92,302 corpus weight
- imported
imported
92,301 corpus weight
- internation…
internationally
92,299 corpus weight
- Iraqi
Iraqi
92,298 corpus weight
- Kane
Kane
92,296 corpus weight
- kissed
kissed
92,295 corpus weight
What this shows “Iraqi” 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 | Iraqi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪˈɹɑːki/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Iraqi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Iraqi (IPA /ɪˈɹɑːki/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,703 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Iraqi, with forms such as "iarqi", "iraiq", and "iraqqi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "irate", "IRA", "Iran", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq + -i. The correct English form is Iraqi, spelled I-R-A-Q-I.
Definition
- 1A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Iraqi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The order, which effectively halts the display of the flag virtually anywhere in Iraq, except the United States Embassy, said that flying the flag on buildings in Iraq would only reenforce the anti-American message that the military was "here to oppress the Iraqis."
They had to choose between properly equipping the Iraqis and risk seeing arms fall into the hands of insurgents or providing inferior weapons that would make it harder to fight them.
Etymology
From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq + -i.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iarqi
- iraiq
- iraqqi
- irqai
- irraqi
- riaqi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Iraqi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Iraqi", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).