# hajj

> English word · Noun · IPA /hæd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #27,484

## Definitions
1. The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

## Etymology
From Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”), from حَجَّ (ḥajja, “to go, to repair”).

## Easily confused with
- **has** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-has)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hat)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-ham)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-han)
- **hay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hay)
- **hal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hal)
- **har** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-har)
- **haw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-haw)
- **hap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hap)
- **hao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hao)
- **Haq** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-haq)
- **hav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hav)
- **Hak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hak)
- **have** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-have)
- **hard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hard)
- **half** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-half)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hand)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hate)
- **hall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hall)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hajj-vs-hang)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ahjj`, `haj`, `hhajj`, `hjaj`

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