# Tehran

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tɛˈɹæn/ · frequency rank #12,694

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province.
2. A county of Iran, around the city.
3. Tehran Province, one of 31 provinces in Iran.
4. The Tehran Conference (1943).
5. The government of Iran.

## Etymology
Diacriticless transliteration of Iranian Persian تِهران (tehrân), from Classical Persian تَهران (tahrān). See there for more.

## Easily confused with
- **than** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-than)
- **Tran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-tran)
- **tern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-tern)
- **terra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-terra)
- **Texan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-texan)
- **terrain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tehran-vs-terrain)
- **Tegan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tehran)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ethran`, `teharn`, `tehhran`, `tehrann`, `tehrna`, `tehrran`, `terhan`, `theran`, `ttehran`

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