Umayyad
"umayyad" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Umayyad” is uncommon English (frequency #80,992 among 23,789 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,992
- frequency rank, English
- 23,789
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled the Umayyad Caliphate from Damascus between 661 and 744 then from Harran until 750, and al-Andalus between 756 and 1031.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umayyad |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Umayyad” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Umayyad is uncommon English at frequency #80,992 among 23,789 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled the Umayyad Caliphate from Damascus between 661 and 744 then from Harran until 750, and al-Andalus between 756 and 1031.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Umayyad in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Umayya + -id. The correct English form is Umayyad, spelled U-M-A-Y-Y-A-D.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the Umayyad dynasty, which ruled the Umayyad Caliphate from Damascus between 661 and 744 then from Harran until 750, and al-Andalus between 756 and 1031.
Etymology
From Umayya + -id.
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 “Umayyad”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-M-A-Y-Y-A-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.