isha
"isha" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“isha” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,432
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The evening/night Islamic prayer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-isha · isha · English
isha · rank #49,432 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,432
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH irrepressible
Nearest frequency peer: irrepressible (-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 “isha”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- internation…
internationalization
50,572 corpus weight
- irrationally
irrationally
50,571 corpus weight
- irrepressib…
irrepressible
50,570 corpus weight
- isha
isha
50,569 corpus weight
- Ishida
Ishida
50,568 corpus weight
- ISR
ISR
50,567 corpus weight
What this shows “isha” 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 | isha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “isha”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around isha, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,432 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The evening/night Islamic prayer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for isha, with forms such as "ihsa", "isah", and "ishha". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "iso", "ISS", "ISP", 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 عِشَاء (ʕišāʔ, “evening, night”), in صَلَاةُ العِشَاء (ṣalātu l-ʕišāʔ, “night prayer”). The correct English form is isha, spelled I-S-H-A.
Definition
- 1The evening/night Islamic prayer.
Etymology
From Arabic عِشَاء (ʕišāʔ, “evening, night”), in صَلَاةُ العِشَاء (ṣalātu l-ʕišāʔ, “night prayer”).
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ihsa
- isah
- ishha
- issha
- siha
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of isha - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "isha", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).