Sufi
"sufi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sufi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,611
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sufi · Sufi · English
Sufi · rank #32,611 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,611
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subtraction
Nearest frequency peer: subtraction (-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 “Sufi”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Streisand
Streisand
67,392 corpus weight
- subtraction
subtraction
67,391 corpus weight
- Sufi
Sufi
67,390 corpus weight
- summing
summing
67,389 corpus weight
- sutra
sutra
67,388 corpus weight
- Sybil
Sybil
67,386 corpus weight
What this shows “Sufi” 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 | Sufi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Sufi”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Sufi, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,611 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sufi, with forms such as "sfui", "ssufi", and "suffi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sun", "sum", "SUV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”). The correct English form is Sufi, spelled S-U-F-I.
Definition
- 1A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sufi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Some admired the external beauties of the objects they beheld, like the nightingale in love with the roſe; ſome inchanted by the concert around, like Suphys delighting in madneſs, toſſed the cup of exultation into the ſkies[.] [Footnote] Suphys are a sect of mad philoſophers.
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sfui
- ssufi
- suffi
- suif
- usfi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sufi - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).