haram

\a.ʁam\

/\a.ʁam\/ adj

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The verdict

“haram” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,611
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interdit par le Coran.

Corpus desk

Index FR-haram · haram · French

haram · rank #13,611 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,611
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH handicapées

Nearest frequency peer: handicapées (-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 « haram »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « haram » 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).

haram vs hard
60% similar
haram vs hart
60% similar
haram vs hare
60% similar

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

Key facts for haram
PropertyValue
Headwordharam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ʁam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,611
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « haram »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « handicapées » (#13,610), « hercule » (#13,612), « habillée » (#13,609). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « haram » est au #13,611. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around haram (IPA \a.ʁam\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,611 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Interdit par le Coran.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for haram, with forms such as "ahram", "haarm", and "haramm". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hard", "hart", "hare", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is haram, spelled H-A-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interdit par le Coran.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tu sais, c’est haram chez nous, qu’une musulmane prenne un chrétien ou un juif ; et pourtant, tu es beau, tu es bon. Je t’aime…
  2. L’autre jour, un producteur de vin me racontait ses misères. Impossible de trouver des ouvriers, l’activité est considérée comme haram, illicite.

Synonyms

trief

Antonyms

halal

This word in other languages

haram(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahram
  • haarm
  • haramm
  • harma
  • harram
  • hharam
  • hraam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ahram2haarm2haramm1harma2harram1hharam1hraam2
Edit distance from "haram"

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 "haram"?
"haram" is spelled H-A-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁam\.
What does "haram" mean?
As an adjective, "haram" means: Interdit par le Coran.
What words are commonly confused with "haram"?
"haram" is commonly confused with "hard", "hart", "hare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "haram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "haram" is \a.ʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "haram" come from?
"haram" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gérée#13,607Klein#13,627exode#13,594larme#13,628

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

nains7 variantsnœuds7 variantspizzas7 variantsdeath7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list