waqf
/wɑkf/
"waqf" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waqf” is uncommon English (frequency #92,237 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,237
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waqf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /wɑkf/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “waqf” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
waqf is uncommon English at frequency #92,237 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /wɑkf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.".
waqf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic وَقْف (waqf). The correct English form is waqf, spelled W-A-Q-F.
Definition
- 1An endowment of land given for religious or charitable purposes.
Etymology
From Arabic وَقْف (waqf).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “waqf”
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- The one correct English spelling is W-A-Q-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.