# Sunni

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsʊni/ · frequency rank #15,524

## Definitions
1. Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

## Etymology
From Arabic سُنِّيّ (sunniyy), from سُنَّة (sunna, “Sunna”) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Sunna + -i.

## Easily confused with
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunni-vs-suns)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunni-vs-suny)
- **sunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunni-vs-sunny)
- **sushi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunni-vs-sushi)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sun-vs-sunni)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sui-vs-sunni)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sung-vs-sunni)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunk-vs-sunni)
- **Sufi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sufi-vs-sunni)
- **suki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suki-vs-sunni)
- **sonny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonny-vs-sunni)
- **suing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suing-vs-sunni)
- **Sinai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinai-vs-sunni)
- **senna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senna-vs-sunni)
- **Santi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santi-vs-sunni)
- **Sunil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunil-vs-sunni)
- **Sandi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandi-vs-sunni)
- **sunnah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunnah-vs-sunni)

## Common misspellings (5)
`snuni`, `ssunni`, `suni`, `sunin`, `usnni`

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