hamdoullah

\am.du.la\

/\am.du.la\/ intj

The verdict

“hamdoullah” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formule par laquelle les musulmans expriment leur gratitude à Dieu, leur satisfaction d’un évènement ou d’une affaire qui tourne bien. C’est l’équivalent de Dieu merci ou Louange à Dieu dans la bou...

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Index FR-hamdoullah · hamdoullah · French

hamdoullah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for hamdoullah
PropertyValue
Headwordhamdoullah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\am.du.la\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hamdoullah » en français

hamdoullahn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hamdoullah is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \am.du.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formule par laquelle les musulmans expriment leur gratitude à Dieu, leur satisfaction d’un évènement ou d’une affaire qui tourne bien. C’est l’équivalent de Dieu merci ou Louange à Dieu dans la bou...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for hamdoullah in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 hamdoullah, spelled H-A-M-D-O-U-L-L-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formule par laquelle les musulmans expriment leur gratitude à Dieu, leur satisfaction d’un évènement ou d’une affaire qui tourne bien. C’est l’équivalent de Dieu merci ou Louange à Dieu dans la bouche des chrétiens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un dévot hamdoullah (el-hamdou lillah — louange à Dieu), et le thé fait sa réapparition.
  2. Soudain, il y eut par hasard un bref intervalle de silence : un bruit sonore s’éleva. Selon la coutume ancienne, Si-Salem louait le Seigneur, d’un estomac reconnaissant. — Hamdoullah ! soupira-t-il avec la plus grande simplicité.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hamdoullah"?
"hamdoullah" is spelled H-A-M-D-O-U-L-L-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \am.du.la\.
What does "hamdoullah" mean?
As an interjection, "hamdoullah" means: Formule par laquelle les musulmans expriment leur gratitude à Dieu, leur satisfaction d’un évènement ou d’une affaire qui tourne bien. C’est l’équivalent de Dieu merci ou Louange à Dieu dans la bou...
How do you pronounce "hamdoullah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hamdoullah" is \am.du.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hamdoullah" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list