# mitzvah

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɪts.və/ · frequency rank #34,198

## Definitions
1. Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
2. An act of kindness, a good deed.
3. A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`imtzvah`, `mittzvah`, `mitvzah`, `mitzavh`, `mitzvahh`, `mitzvha`, `mitzvvah`, `mitzzvah`, `miztvah`, `mmitzvah`, `mtizvah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mitzvah