Jamila

name

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"jamila" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Jamila” is uncommon English (frequency #72,443 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,443
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Arabic.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jamila · Jamila · English

Jamila · rank #72,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,443
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jalil

Nearest frequency peer: Jalil (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Jamila”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Jamila” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jamila
PropertyValue
HeadwordJamila
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,443
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Jamila” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Jamilafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Jalil” (#72,441), “jobbing” (#72,449), “Isleworth” (#72,436). Among 796 “J” headwords, “Jamila” is #72,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jamila is uncommon English at frequency #72,443 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Arabic.".

Jamila doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”). The correct English form is Jamila, spelled J-A-M-I-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Arabic.

Etymology

From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”).

This word in other languages

Jamila(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jamila"?
"Jamila" is spelled J-A-M-I-L-A.
What does "Jamila" mean?
As a proper noun, "Jamila" means: A female given name from Arabic.
What is the origin of the word "Jamila"?
From Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “beautiful”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jamila", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kosmos#72,477Howlin#72,401limbed#72,494liveth#72,499

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list