Israel
/ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/
"israel" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Israel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,761
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.
Corpus desk
Index EN-israel · Israel · English
Israel · rank #1,761 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,761
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inc
Nearest frequency peer: inc (-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 “Israel”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- host
host
98,243 corpus weight
- housing
housing
98,242 corpus weight
- inc
inc
98,241 corpus weight
- Israel
Israel
98,240 corpus weight
- journal
journal
98,239 corpus weight
- labor
labor
98,238 corpus weight
What this shows “Israel” 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 | Israel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Israel”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Israel (IPA /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,761 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Israel, with forms such as "irsael", "isarel", and "israell". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Israeli", "Israelis", "Isabel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in he:T:29, after… The correct English form is Israel, spelled I-S-R-A-E-L.
Definition
- 1A country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean. Official name: State of Israel.
- 2A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.
- 3An ancient kingdom in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel and the Land of Israel.
- 4An ancient kingdom that occupied the northern part of the Land of Israel and modern State of Israel, as distinct from Judah.
- 5The Jews as a people, taken collectively.
- 6A male given name from Hebrew.
- 7A male given name from Hebrew.
- 8A surname.
- 9A barangay of Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Israel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If we look at the Middle East, I think it’s about time we stop those of us, who support – as most of us do – Israel in this body, for apologizing for our support for Israel. There is no apology to be made. None. It is the best $3 billion investment we make. Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect he…
And you know how we train for the army? We don’t train for defensive warfare. If the war against Israel ever had to be fought on Israeli soil – do I have to tell you? –, it’s an impossibility. So it’s the same thing. Don’t let the war of words ever be fought about Israel’s nature!
Etymology
From Middle English Israel, from Old English, borrowed from Latin Israel, from Ancient Greek Ἰσραήλ (Israḗl), from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él, “Israel”). In the Bible, it is said to be from the name יִשְׂרֶה אֵל (yisré 'él) given to Jacob in he:T:29, after which his descendants came to be known as Israelites and their land as the "kingdom/land of Israel". The personal name, already attested in Eblaite 𒅖𒊏𒅋 (iš-ra-il) and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎌𐎗𐎛𐎍 (yšrỉl), has been variously translated as "he wrestles with God", "he prevails with God", or "God rules" (possibly from the same root ש־ר־ה/ש־ר־ר as שָׂרָה (“Sarah”)). Line 27 of the Merneptah Stele (from about 1200 B.C.E.) is thought to contain the earliest attestation of the name Israel in any language, Egyptian ysrjꜣr. : i-i-z:Z1s*Z1s:r-i-A-r:Z1*T14-A1*B1:Z2 Doublet of Yisroel.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irsael
- isarel
- israell
- israle
- isreal
- isrrael
- issrael
- sirael
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Israel - 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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