# Ismail

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,846

## Definitions
1. Ishmael, the first son of Abraham; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs and a prophet of Islam.
2. A transliteration of the Macedonian or Russian male given name Исмаил (Ismail).

## Etymology
From Arabic إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl). Doublet of Ishmael.

## Easily confused with
- **Israel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ismail-vs-israel)
- **ISIL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/isil-vs-ismail)
- **Ishmael** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ishmael-vs-ismail)

## Common misspellings (8)
`imsail`, `isamil`, `ismaill`, `ismali`, `ismial`, `ismmail`, `issmail`, `simail`

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