haj
"haj" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“haj” is uncommon English (frequency #51,151 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,151
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of hajj.
Corpus desk
Index EN-haj · haj · English
haj · rank #51,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,151
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH Halpern
Nearest frequency peer: Halpern (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “haj”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Graz
Graz
48,856 corpus weight
- haj
haj
48,850 corpus weight
- Halpern
Halpern
48,849 corpus weight
- halving
halving
48,848 corpus weight
- handlebar
handlebar
48,847 corpus weight
- headlamp
headlamp
48,843 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “haj” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | haj |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “haj” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
haj is uncommon English at frequency #51,151 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of hajj.".
Zero misspellings are on record for haj in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is haj, spelled H-A-J.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of hajj.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "haj", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.