Jumu'ah
"jumu-ah" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jumu'ah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jumu-ah · Jumu'ah · English
Jumu'ah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Jumu'ah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Jumu'ah” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Jumu'ah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Jumu'ah, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic جمعة (jumuʕa), as in الجمعة (al-jumuʕa). The correct English form is Jumu'ah, spelled J-U-M-U-'-A-H.
Definition
- 1The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jumu'ah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]here was a reasonably priced foot of land from which the raindbow could be seen at night every third jum'a in the month of Rabbi-ul-aker.
Then, […] the wind carried to his nostrils from the fires of the troops camped in the valley the desert tang of a camel-dung fire, and with it the plangent cry of a soldier-muezzin calling his saddle-weary brothers to a belated Jumuah.
Etymology
From Arabic جمعة (jumuʕa), as in الجمعة (al-jumuʕa).
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.