tafsir
/ˈtæfsɪr/
"tafsir" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tafsir” is uncommon English (frequency #94,314 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,314
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tafsir |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtæfsɪr/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tafsir” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tafsir is uncommon English at frequency #94,314 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtæfsɪr/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.".
tafsir has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”). The correct English form is tafsir, spelled T-A-F-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “tafsir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-F-S-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtæfsɪr/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.