zakat
/zəˈkɑːt/
"zakat" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zakat” is uncommon English (frequency #64,848 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,848
- frequency rank, English
- 265
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zakat · zakat · English
zakat · rank #64,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,848
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 265
- PHOTO-FINISH Zaidi
Nearest frequency peer: Zaidi (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “zakat”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- yoked
yoked
35,157 corpus weight
- Yousafzai
Yousafzai
35,156 corpus weight
- Zahn
Zahn
35,155 corpus weight
- Zaidi
Zaidi
35,154 corpus weight
- zakat
zakat
35,153 corpus weight
- Zeeland
Zeeland
35,151 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “zakat” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zakat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /zəˈkɑːt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “zakat” in English
Rare enough to double-check
zakat is uncommon English at frequency #64,848 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /zəˈkɑːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.".
zakat has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from: * Persian زکات (zakât); * Turkish zekât, from Ottoman Turkish زكات (zekat); or * Urdu زَکَات (zakāt); all from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat; purification”), from زَكَوٰة (zakāh) (archaic), from Aramaic זכותא/ܙܟܘܬܐ (zākūṯā, “goodne… The correct English form is zakat, spelled Z-A-K-A-T.
Definition
- 1Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zakat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zakât is an ordinance of God, incumbent upon every perſon vvho is free, ſane, adult, and a Muſſulman, provided he be poſſeſſed, in full propriety, of ſuch eſtate or effects as are termed in the language of the lavv a Niſâb, and that he has been in poſſeſſion of the ſame for the ſpace of one complete year, vvhich is denominated Havvlân-Hâvvl. The reaſon of…
The Mahometan law insists on the legal obligation of society to support their indigent fellow-citizens, the Hedaya or Mahometan Guide begins, "take zakat," said Mahomet, "from the rich Mussulmans, and bestow it upon the poor Mussulmans: zakat or charity," says the code, "signifies alms imposed by law, in opposition to [sadka], voluntary charity." […] The…
Etymology
Borrowed from: * Persian زکات (zakât); * Turkish zekât, from Ottoman Turkish زكات (zekat); or * Urdu زَکَات (zakāt); all from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat; purification”), from زَكَوٰة (zakāh) (archaic), from Aramaic זכותא/ܙܟܘܬܐ (zākūṯā, “goodness, probity, uprightness; merit; victory”), from זכי (zəḵē, “to gain; to overcome, triumph over”).
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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