mawlid
"mawlid" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mawlid” 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 holiday celebrating the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mawlid · mawlid · English
mawlid · 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 "M" 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 | mawlid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mawlid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mawlid is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A holiday celebrating the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mawlid, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid). The correct English form is mawlid, spelled M-A-W-L-I-D.
Definition
- 1A holiday celebrating the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mawlid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the fair (or mulid) as it had developed over the years was half secular and half religious in inspiration.
Etymology
From Arabic مَوْلِد (mawlid).
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.