taqiyah
/tɑːˈkiː.jə/
"taqiyah" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taqiyah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslims during prayer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-taqiyah · taqiyah · English
taqiyah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taqiyah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɑːˈkiː.jə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “taqiyah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
taqiyah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɑːˈkiː.jə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslims during prayer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for taqiyah in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya). The correct English form is taqiyah, spelled T-A-Q-I-Y-A-H.
Definition
- 1A short, rounded skullcap worn by Muslims during prayer.
Etymology
From Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.