hajj
/hæd͡ʒ/
"hajj" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hajj” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,484) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #27,484
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hajj · hajj · English
hajj · rank #27,484 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,484
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hackett
Nearest frequency peer: Hackett (-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 neighbours of confusable “hajj”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- grassland
grassland
72,519 corpus weight
- Hackett
Hackett
72,518 corpus weight
- hajj
hajj
72,517 corpus weight
- Hampstead
Hampstead
72,516 corpus weight
- hap
hap
72,515 corpus weight
- Hatfield
Hatfield
72,514 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “hajj” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hajj |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hæd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “hajj”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hajj is neighbouring look-alikes ("has", "hat", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /hæd͡ʒ/. Frequency #27,484 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Gloss: "The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for hajj, with forms such as "ahjj", "haj", and "hhajj". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "has", "hat", "ham", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”). The correct English form is hajj, spelled H-A-J-J.
Definition
- 1The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hajj appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The word Hajj is explained by Moslem divines to mean “Kasd,” or aspiration, and to express man’s sentiment that he is but a wayfarer on earth wending towards another and a nobler world.
The restored cottage, which has been open to tourists since 1891 (Woodrow Wilson came here on a cycling tour in 1899), is the Kaabah of a Lake District haj, a must-see for all pilgrims.
Etymology
From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahjj
- haj
- hhajj
- hjaj
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hajj - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hajj", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).