hafiz

noun

The verdict

“hafiz” is uncommon French (frequency #80,272 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,272
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui peut réciter le Coran par cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hafiz · hafiz · French

hafiz · rank #80,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,272
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haka

Nearest frequency peer: haka (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hafiz »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hafiz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hafiz
PropertyValue
Headwordhafiz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,272
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hafiz » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).hafiztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « haka » (#80,273), « Harare » (#80,274), « gênaient » (#80,269). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hafiz » est au #80,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hafiz is uncommon French at frequency #80,272 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui peut réciter le Coran par cœur.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hafiz, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is hafiz, spelled H-A-F-I-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui peut réciter le Coran par cœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Curiosité intellectuelle, puissante faculté d’adaptation, opportunisme indispensable ne font pas de lui un hafiz : au fond, la même indifférence pour La Mecque.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hafiz"?
"hafiz" is spelled H-A-F-I-Z.
What does "hafiz" mean?
As a noun, "hafiz" means: Personne qui peut réciter le Coran par cœur.
What language does "hafiz" come from?
"hafiz" 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 "hafiz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list