hadith

^((h aspiré))\a.dit\

/^((h aspiré))\a.dit\/ noun

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The verdict

“hadith” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,873
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroles du prophète Mahomet considérées comme des ordres à suivre par les musulmans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hadith · hadith · French

hadith · rank #36,873 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,873
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH gypse

Nearest frequency peer: gypse (-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 « hadith »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « hadith » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hadith vs hait
67% similar
hadith vs Haïti
33% similar
hadith vs hadiths
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hadith
PropertyValue
Headwordhadith
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\a.dit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,873
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hadith »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gypse » (#36,872), « hadji » (#36,874), « GW » (#36,871). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hadith » est au #36,873. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around hadith (IPA ^((h aspiré))\a.dit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,873 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Paroles du prophète Mahomet considérées comme des ordres à suivre par les musulmans.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hadith, with forms such as "ahdith", "haddith", and "hadiht". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "hait", "Haïti", "hadiths", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hadith, spelled H-A-D-I-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Paroles du prophète Mahomet considérées comme des ordres à suivre par les musulmans.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ainsi, dire, comme les traditionnaires, que les hadiths rapportés à la fois par El-Boukhari et par Moslem sont plus certains que ceux qui ne le sont que par l’un de ces docteurs ; que les hadiths racontés par Moslem sont moins solides que ceux qui sont rapportés par El-Boukhari etc., c’est dire qu’aucun hadith n’est revêtu de la certitude requise pour dev…
  2. Base d’une sorte de médecine coranique, la graine de nigelle, elle aussi recommandée par un hadith (une parole rapportée) du Prophète et réputée soulager les maux les plus divers, se décline en poudre ou en huile essentielle.

This word in other languages

hadith(English)hadiz(Español)Hadith(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahdith
  • haddith
  • hadiht
  • hadithh
  • haditth
  • hadtih
  • haidth
  • hdaith
  • hhadith

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hadith - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahdith2haddith1hadiht2hadithh1haditth1hadtih2haidth2hdaith2
Edit distance from "hadith"

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 "hadith"?
"hadith" is spelled H-A-D-I-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\a.dit\.
What does "hadith" mean?
As a noun, "hadith" means: Paroles du prophète Mahomet considérées comme des ordres à suivre par les musulmans.
What words are commonly confused with "hadith"?
"hadith" is commonly confused with "hait", "Haïti", "hadiths". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hadith"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hadith" is ^((h aspiré))\a.dit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hadith" come from?
"hadith" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

hareng#36,877hargne#36,878Hentai#36,880gosier#36,865

Similar misspelling depth

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

glaçon9 variantsfouillée9 variantsisthme9 variantsjingle9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list