jilbab
"jilbab" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jilbab” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A long, loose-fitting coat or similar garment worn by some Muslim women to fulfil hijab.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jilbab · jilbab · English
jilbab · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jilbab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jilbab” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jilbab is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A long, loose-fitting coat or similar garment worn by some Muslim women to fulfil hijab.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jilbab in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic جِلْبَاب (jilbāb). The correct English form is jilbab, spelled J-I-L-B-A-B.
Definition
- 1A long, loose-fitting coat or similar garment worn by some Muslim women to fulfil hijab.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jilbab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Most Indonesian women started wearing the jilbab in the last decade, after the fall in 1998 of President Suharto, who had kept a close grip on Islamic groups.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِلْبَاب (jilbāb).
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.