Qur'an
/kəˈɹɑːn/
"qur-an" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Qur'an” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,037
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-qur-an · Qur'an · English
Qur'an · rank #21,037 · 8 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #21,037
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quilt
Nearest frequency peer: quilt (-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 “Qur'an”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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psychotherapy
78,967 corpus weight
- quilt
quilt
78,965 corpus weight
- Qur'an
Qur'an
78,964 corpus weight
- Radcliffe
Radcliffe
78,963 corpus weight
- Rama
Rama
78,961 corpus weight
- rapping
rapping
78,960 corpus weight
What this shows “Qur'an” 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 | Qur'an |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /kəˈɹɑːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Qur'an”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Qur'an (IPA /kəˈɹɑːn/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,037 among 288 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Qur'an, with forms such as "qqur'an", "qru'an", and "qu'ran". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Quran", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic … The correct English form is Qur'an, spelled Q-U-R-'-A-N.
Definition
- 1The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Qur'an appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the summer of 2002, responding to the 9/11 atrocity, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made a selection of verses from the Qur'an a mandatory text for new students.
Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquial Arabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān), definite form of قُرْآن (qurʔān, “act of reciting”), verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to recite; to read (aloud)”). (The obsolete alternative spellings with "al-", like the Alcoran, redundantly retained the Arabic definite article.) Compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܢܐ (qeryānā, “reading; scripture”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qqur'an
- qru'an
- qu'ran
- qur'ann
- qur'na
- qura'n
- qurr'an
- uqr'an
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Qur'an - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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