Quran by the numbers
Our lessons teach the words that unlock the most of what you recite, first. These are the counts behind that order, computed by us from the whole text, so anyone can check them.
The text, counted
- 77,433 words, made of 124,356 word-parts: a dictionary word, plus any small piece attached to it (“and”, “the”, “his”…).
- 4,860 things to learn: 4,817 dictionary words and 43 attached pieces.
- The attached pieces alone are 40.4% of everything on the page.
- 1,986 dictionary words occur exactly once.
Counting words depends on how the text is divided, which is why other sources give slightly different totals (77,429 and 77,430 are both quoted). Ours is the Tanzil Project's Uthmani text, which divides into 77,433: the text our learners read.
What the commonest units cover
| Units learned | Word-parts covered | Words fully readable |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 48.9% | 25.1% |
| 50 | 62.6% | 40.7% |
| 100 | 71.5% | 53.6% |
| 200 | 78.9% | 65.1% |
| 300 | 83.1% | 71.8% |
| 500 | 87.9% | 79.5% |
| 750 | 91.2% | 84.7% |
| 1,000 | 93.1% | 87.8% |
| 2,000 | 96.9% | 93.8% |
Coverage is not comprehension. Knowing most of the parts on a page lets you see the skeleton of an ayah; reading it unaided takes far more, and understanding it is what our checks measure, on ayat you have never studied (the study).
The 25 commonest units
- determiner (al): “the” · 8,374
- conjunction (wa): “and” · 8,174
- attached pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, plural · 7,361
- attached pronoun, 2nd person, masculine, plural · 4,645
- min
bw:min· 3,223 - attached pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, singular · 2,722
- allah
bw:{ll~ah· 2,697 - preposition (bi): “by”, “with”, “in” · 2,544
- preposition (lām) · 2,448
- attached pronoun, 1st person, plural · 2,346
- mā
bw:maA· 2,176 - resumption (fa): “then” or “so” · 1,890
- fī
bw:fiY· 1,700 - lā
bw:laA· 1,690 - inn
bw:<in~· 1,680 - qāla
bw:qaAla· 1,618 - alladhī
bw:{l~a*iY· 1,463 - ʿalā
bw:EalaY`· 1,443 - kāna
bw:kaAna· 1,358 - attached pronoun, 2nd person, masculine, singular · 1,297
- attached pronoun, 1st person, singular · 1,239
- attached pronoun, 3rd person, feminine, singular · 1,062
- resumption (wa): “then” or “so” · 1,034
- emphasis (lām) · 1,000
- rabb
bw:rab~· 975