islam

\i.slam\

/\i.slam\/ noun

The verdict

“islam” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,085
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Religion monothéiste fondée par Mahomet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-islam · islam · French

islam · rank #2,085 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,085
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH locale

Nearest frequency peer: locale (+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 « islam »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « islam » 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).

islam vs isle
60% similar
islam vs Issa
40% similar
islam vs isles
60% similar

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

Key facts for islam
PropertyValue
Headwordislam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.slam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,085
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « islam »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).islamse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « locale » (#2,086), « honte » (#2,083), « menace » (#2,087). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « islam » est au #2,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around islam (IPA \i.slam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,085 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Religion monothéiste fondée par Mahomet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for islam, with forms such as "ilsam", "isalm", and "islamm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "isle", "Issa", "isles", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is islam, spelled I-S-L-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religion monothéiste fondée par Mahomet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur le front, juste au milieu, la croix berbère était tracée en bleu, symbole inconnu, inexplicable chez ces peuplades autochtones qui ne furent jamais chrétiennes et que l’islam vint prendre toutes sauvages et fétichistes, pour sa grande floraison de foi et d’espérance.
  2. Mais le conservateur musulman traditionnel, quiétiste, […], croit toujours que la vérité et la sagesse suprêmes résident dans l’Islam, supérieur, non dans l’Occident, inférieur.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilsam
  • isalm
  • islamm
  • isllam
  • islma
  • isslam
  • silam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilsam2isalm2islamm1isllam1islma2isslam1silam2
Edit distance from "islam"

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 "islam"?
"islam" is spelled I-S-L-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \i.slam\.
What does "islam" mean?
As a noun, "islam" means: Religion monothéiste fondée par Mahomet.
What words are commonly confused with "islam"?
"islam" is commonly confused with "isle", "Issa", "isles". 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 \i.slam\. 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 French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list