# isha

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,432

## Definitions
1. The evening/night Islamic prayer.

## Etymology
From Arabic عِشَاء (ʕišāʔ, “evening, night”), in صَلَاةُ العِشَاء (ṣalātu l-ʕišāʔ, “night prayer”).

## Easily confused with
- **iso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-iso)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-iss)
- **ISP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isp)
- **ISI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isi)
- **isu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isu)
- **ISR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isr)
- **ith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-ith)
- **Isis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isis)
- **isle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isle)
- **ISIL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isil)
- **issa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-issa)
- **Isla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-isla)
- **Islam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-islam)
- **Issac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-issac)
- **Ishida** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isha-vs-ishida)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/is-vs-isha)
- **IA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ia-vs-isha)
- **IH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ih-vs-isha)
- **IRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ira-vs-isha)
- **ISA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isa-vs-isha)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ihsa`, `isah`, `ishha`, `issha`, `siha`

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