Allah

\a(l).la\

/\a(l).la\/ name

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The verdict

“Allah” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,400
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom que les musulmans donnent à Dieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allah · Allah · French

Allah · rank #7,400 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,400
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH algériens

Nearest frequency peer: algériens (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Allah »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Allah » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Allah vs allé
40% similar
Allah vs alma
40% similar
Allah vs allô
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Allah
PropertyValue
HeadwordAllah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a(l).la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,400
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Allah »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Allahse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « algériens » (#7,399), « allusion » (#7,401), « aidez » (#7,398). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Allah » est au #7,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Allah (IPA \a(l).la\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,400 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom que les musulmans donnent à Dieu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Allah, with forms such as "alah", "alalh", and "allahh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "allé", "alma", "allô", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Allah, spelled A-L-L-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom que les musulmans donnent à Dieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Allah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est ainsi que le Sunnite ne regarde le Schiite qu’avec dédain, il ne voit en lui qu’un fils issu du mariage de la main gauche; bien plus, l’Arabe vient-il à rencontrer un Persan dans la Kaaba, il est rare qu’il ne lui lance quelque injure qu’il sait glisser adroitement dans sa prière à Allah.
  2. Pourtant je tiens jalousement à l’avertissement lancé par Homère aux Grecs dans L’Iliade et par Tyrtée dans les Élégies : « C’est une faiblesse déraisonnable que de se décharger sur la divinité de la responsabilité d’une morale et d’un ordre public » — Dieu, Allah ou quel qu’il soit.

This word in other languages

Allah(English)Alá(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alah
  • alalh
  • allahh
  • allha
  • lalah

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Allah - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

alah1alalh2allahh1allha2lalah2
Edit distance from "Allah"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Allah"?
"Allah" is spelled A-L-L-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \a(l).la\.
What does "Allah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Allah" means: Nom que les musulmans donnent à Dieu.
What words are commonly confused with "Allah"?
"Allah" is commonly confused with "allé", "alma", "allô". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Allah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Allah" is \a(l).la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Allah" come from?
"Allah" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Allah", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aidez#7,398Bruce#7,404élire#7,392éclat#7,389

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

road5 variantsrevu5 variantslits5 variantsgaza5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list