Quran
"quran" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Quran” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,390. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,390
- frequency rank, English
- 288
- “Q” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Qur'an.
Corpus desk
Index EN-quran · Quran · English
Quran · rank #14,390 · 7 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,390
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 288
- PHOTO-FINISH quota
Nearest frequency peer: quota (-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 “Quran”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pleading
pleading
85,615 corpus weight
- quirky
quirky
85,613 corpus weight
- quota
quota
85,612 corpus weight
- Quran
Quran
85,611 corpus weight
- Randolph
Randolph
85,609 corpus weight
- rationale
rationale
85,608 corpus weight
What this shows “Quran” 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 | Quran |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Quran”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Quran, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,390 among 288 “Q” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative form of Qur'an.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Quran, with forms such as "qquran", "qruan", and "quarn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "qua", "quad", "quay", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Quran, spelled Q-U-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Qur'an.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Quran appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘You know the Quran tells us to enjoy sex as one of God’s blessings?’ Hira said. ‘Within marriage!’
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- qquran
- qruan
- quarn
- qurann
- qurna
- qurran
- uqran
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Quran - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Quran", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).