djihad

\dʒi.ad\

/\dʒi.ad\/ noun

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The verdict

“djihad” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,715
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Combat pour étendre le domaine de l’Islam (دَارُ ٱلسَّلَامِ (dâru ^lsalâmi) : pays musulman) par la conquête des pays non soumis (دَارُ ٱلحَرْبِ (dâru ^lHarbi) et دَارُ ٱلجِهَادِ (dâru ^ljihâdi) : ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-djihad · djihad · French

djihad · rank #18,715 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,715
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doctor

Nearest frequency peer: doctor (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « djihad »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « djihad » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for djihad
PropertyValue
Headworddjihad
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʒi.ad\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,715
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « djihad »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).djihadse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « doctor » (#18,716), « doublage » (#18,717), « diminuent » (#18,712). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « djihad » est au #18,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around djihad (IPA \dʒi.ad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,715 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for djihad, with forms such as "ddjihad", "dijhad", and "djhiad". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is djihad, spelled D-J-I-H-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Combat pour étendre le domaine de l’Islam (دَارُ ٱلسَّلَامِ (dâru ^lsalâmi) : pays musulman) par la conquête des pays non soumis (دَارُ ٱلحَرْبِ (dâru ^lHarbi) et دَارُ ٱلجِهَادِ (dâru ^ljihâdi) : pays de la guerre, du jihad). Il est qualifié de « djihad par l’épée ».
  2. 2
    Combat pour défendre le domaine de l’Islam. (Il est qualifié de « djihad mineur ».)
  3. 3
    Effort sur soi-même que tout musulman doit accomplir contre ses passions. (Il est qualifié de « djihad majeur »)
  4. 4
    Croisade, guerre ou lutte à connotation religieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how djihad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’islam s’est propagé par le jihad et l’épée.
  2. Considéré sous le point de vue international, l'état de guerre permanent est le djihad, la guerre sainte

Synonyms

croisade

This word in other languages

jihad(English)yihad(Español)Dschihad(Deutsch)jihad(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddjihad
  • dijhad
  • djhiad
  • djiahd
  • djihadd
  • djihda
  • djihhad
  • djjihad
  • jdihad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of djihad - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddjihad1dijhad2djhiad2djiahd2djihadd1djihda2djihhad1djjihad1
Edit distance from "djihad"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "djihad"?
"djihad" is spelled D-J-I-H-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is \dʒi.ad\.
What does "djihad" mean?
As a noun, "djihad" means: Combat pour étendre le domaine de l’Islam (دَارُ ٱلسَّلَامِ (dâru ^lsalâmi) : pays musulman) par la conquête des pays non soumis (دَارُ ٱلحَرْبِ (dâru ^lHarbi) et دَارُ ٱلجِهَادِ (dâru ^ljihâdi) : ...
What are common misspellings of "djihad"?
Common misspellings include "ddjihad", "dijhad", "djhiad", "djiahd", "djihadd". The correct spelling is "djihad".
How do you pronounce "djihad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "djihad" is \dʒi.ad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "djihad" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "djihad", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doctor#18,716Dufour#18,718croque#18,703criait#18,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list