Hejaz
/hɪˈdʒɑːz/
"hejaz" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hejaz” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hejaz · Hejaz · English
Hejaz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hejaz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /hɪˈdʒɑːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hejaz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hejaz is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /hɪˈdʒɑːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hejaz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz). The correct English form is Hejaz, spelled H-E-J-A-Z.
Definition
- 1A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places.
- 2A former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْحِجَاز (al-ḥijāz).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.