# Jerusalem

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /d͡ʒəˈɹuːsələm/ · frequency rank #5,138

## Definitions
1. A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine.
2. A poem by William Blake, used as an unofficial national anthem in England.
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## Etymology
From Old English Hierusalem or Old French Jherusalem or Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yərūšālayim).

## Common misspellings (13)
`ejrusalem`, `jerrusalem`, `jersualem`, `jeruaslem`, `jerusaelm`, `jerusalemm`, `jerusallem`, `jerusalme`, `jeruslaem`, `jerussalem`, `jeursalem`, `jjerusalem`, `jreusalem`

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