ghazal
/ˈɡæzæl/
"ghazal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ghazal” is uncommon English (frequency #74,120 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,120
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ghazal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡæzæl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ghazal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ghazal is uncommon English at frequency #74,120 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæzæl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ghazal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”). The correct English form is ghazal, spelled G-H-A-Z-A-L.
Definition
- 1A poetic form mostly used for love poetry in Middle Eastern, South, and Central Asian poetry.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic غَزَل (ḡazal, “to display love to the loved one via speech, to exchange talk of love with the loved one”).
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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Using “ghazal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-H-A-Z-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡæzæl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.