# Qur'an

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kəˈɹɑːn/ · frequency rank #21,037

## Definitions
1. The Islamic holy book, considered by Muslims to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Quran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/qur-an-vs-quran)

## Common misspellings (8)
`qqur'an`, `qru'an`, `qu'ran`, `qur'ann`, `qur'na`, `qura'n`, `qurr'an`, `uqr'an`

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