Wahhabism
"wahhabism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wahhabism” is uncommon English (frequency #69,572 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,572
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wahhabism · Wahhabism · English
Wahhabism · rank #69,572 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,572
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH waggoner
Nearest frequency peer: waggoner (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Wahhabism”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- vivacity
vivacity
30,432 corpus weight
- waggoner
waggoner
30,430 corpus weight
- Wahhabism
Wahhabism
30,429 corpus weight
- Walmsley
Walmsley
30,428 corpus weight
- Wario
Wario
30,427 corpus weight
- warmonger
warmonger
30,426 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Wahhabism” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wahhabism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Wahhabism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Wahhabism is uncommon English at frequency #69,572 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wahhabism in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Arabic وَهَّابِيَّة (wahhābiyya). From Wahhab + -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. The correct English form is Wahhabism, spelled W-A-H-H-A-B-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Etymology
Calque of Arabic وَهَّابِيَّة (wahhābiyya). From Wahhab + -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).