hajj
/hæd͡ʒ/noun
hajj is spelled H-A-J-J: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hajj means “The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hajj is hajjes.
How many letters and syllables are in hajj?
| Letters | 4: H-A-J-J |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is hajj?
Hajj appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hajj?
- /hæd͡ʒ/
- /hɑːd͡ʒ/
- /hʌd͡ʒ/
Hajj has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hajj.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hajj
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: haj.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hajj
- hajjes plural
- hadj
- haj
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hajj mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hajj in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pilgrimage to Mecca:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hajj come from?
From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).