# hakim

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,323

## Definitions
1. A doctor, usually practicing traditional medicine.

## Etymology
From Hindustani حکیم / हकीम (hakīm), from Classical Persian حکیم (hakīm), from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise, learned”).

## Easily confused with
- **him** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-him)
- **ham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-ham)
- **harm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-harm)
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-hari)
- **Hamm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-hamm)
- **haram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-haram)
- **Hamid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-hamid)
- **harem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-harem)
- **Hashim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakim-vs-hashim)
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hai-vs-hakim)
- **Hak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hak-vs-hakim)
- **hair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hair-vs-hakim)
- **hail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hail-vs-hakim)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hain-vs-hakim)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haig-vs-hakim)
- **Haji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haji-vs-hakim)
- **habit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hakim)
- **Habib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hakim)
- **hafiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hafiz-vs-hakim)
- **Hakeem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hakeem-vs-hakim)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahkim`, `haikm`, `hakimm`, `hakkim`, `hakmi`, `hhakim`, `hkaim`

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