maghrib

noun

"maghrib" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“maghrib” is uncommon English (frequency #86,482 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,482
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sunset Islamic prayer.

Key facts for maghrib
PropertyValue
Headwordmaghrib
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,482
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “maghrib” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). maghrib lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maghrib is uncommon English at frequency #86,482 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sunset Islamic prayer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maghrib, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, “west, sunset”), in صَلَاةُ اَلْمَغْرِب (ṣalātu l-maḡrib, “sunset prayer”). The correct English form is maghrib, spelled M-A-G-H-R-I-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    The sunset Islamic prayer.

Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, “west, sunset”), in صَلَاةُ اَلْمَغْرِب (ṣalātu l-maḡrib, “sunset prayer”).

Synonyms

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 "maghrib"?
"maghrib" is spelled M-A-G-H-R-I-B.
What does "maghrib" mean?
As a noun, "maghrib" means: The sunset Islamic prayer.
What is the origin of the word "maghrib"?
From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, “west, sunset”), in صَلَاةُ اَلْمَغْرِب (ṣalātu l-maḡrib, “sunset prayer”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “maghrib”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-H-R-I-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list