# Muslim

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʊz.lɪm/ · frequency rank #2,168

## Definitions
1. A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

## Etymology
Borrowed around 1615 from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s l m), "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām) means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".

## Easily confused with
- **muslin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muslim-vs-muslin)
- **music** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/music-vs-muslim)
- **museum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/museum-vs-muslim)
- **Moslem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moslem-vs-muslim)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mmuslim`, `msulim`, `mulsim`, `musilm`, `muslimm`, `musllim`, `muslmi`, `musslim`, `umslim`

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