ijma
noun
ijma is spelled I-J-M-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ijma means “Alternative spelling of ijma'” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ijma?
| Letters | 4: I-J-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ijma?
Ijma appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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).
What rhymes with ijma?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ijma.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mija.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does ijma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of ijma'.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ijma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense consensus among fuqaha':
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Idschma |
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 ijma come from?
Borrowed from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).