# hadith

> English word · Noun · IPA [həˈdiːθ] · frequency rank #29,303

## Definitions
1. An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.
2. A particular accepted collection of such accounts, as from a single source or within a particular branch of Islam or Islamic jurisprudence.

## Etymology
From Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “Prophetic tradition”), from حَدَّثَ (ḥaddaṯa, “to tell, relate, report”).

## Easily confused with
- **hath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadith-vs-hath)
- **Haiti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadith-vs-haiti)
- **Hamish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadith-vs-hamish)
- **habit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hadith)
- **habits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habits-vs-hadith)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahdith`, `haddith`, `hadiht`, `hadithh`, `haditth`, `hadtih`, `haidth`, `hdaith`, `hhadith`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hadith