# Sufi

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #32,611

## Definitions
1. A mystic Muslim; a Muslim ascetic; a practitioner of Sufism.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish صوفی (sufi), from Arabic صُوفِيّ (ṣūfiyy, “man of wool”).

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sun)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sum)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sup)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sus)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sui)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suh)
- **Sul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sul)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sure)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suit)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sung)
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sums)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-surf)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suns)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sumo)
- **SUVs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suvs)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-suny)
- **supp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-supp)
- **Sulu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sulu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`sfui`, `ssufi`, `suffi`, `suif`, `usfi`

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