Islamic State
"islamic-state" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Islamic State” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
Corpus desk
Index EN-islamic-state · Islamic State · English
Islamic State · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Islamic State |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Islamic State” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Islamic State is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Islamic State, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”). The correct English form is Islamic State, spelled I-S-L-A-M-I-C- -S-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
- 2The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group.
Etymology
From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.