islam

/[isˈlãm]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,739

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

islam is aSpanishnoun. It means: Religión monoteísta cuyo dios es Alá, del mismo tronco judeocristiano, que sigue las enseñanzas de Mahoma y que tiene sus principales lugares sagrados en La Meca, Medina y Jerusalén. Pronounced [isˈlãm]. It ranks #7,739 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Islas and Island.

Key facts for islam
PropertyValue
Headwordislam
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[isˈlãm]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,739
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of islam in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for islam is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [isˈlãm]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,739 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for islam, with forms such as "ilsam", "isalm", and "islamm". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Islas", "Island", "isa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is islam, spelled I-S-L-A-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religión monoteísta cuyo dios es Alá, del mismo tronco judeocristiano, que sigue las enseñanzas de Mahoma y que tiene sus principales lugares sagrados en La Meca, Medina y Jerusalén.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de países que adhieren mayoritariamente a esta religión.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilsam,isalm,islamm,isllam,islma,isslam,silam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for islam

Misspelling Variants of "islam"

ilsam5isalm5islamm6isllam6islma5isslam6silam5
Misspelling Variants of "islam"

Frequency rank: #7,739 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "islam"?
"islam" is spelled I-S-L-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [isˈlãm].
What does "islam" mean?
As a noun, "islam" means: Religión monoteísta cuyo dios es Alá, del mismo tronco judeocristiano, que sigue las enseñanzas de Mahoma y que tiene sus principales lugares sagrados en La Meca, Medina y Jerusalén.
What words are commonly confused with "islam"?
"islam" is commonly confused with "Islas", "Island", "isa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "islam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "islam" is [isˈlãm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "islam" come from?
"islam" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.