Hedjaz
\e.dʒaz\
The verdict
“Hedjaz” is uncommon French (frequency #91,773 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,773
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien royaume situé à l’ouest de l’actuelle Arabie séoudite, qui existait de 1916 à 1932, l’année de son union avec Nejd pour former l’actuel pays.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hedjaz · Hedjaz · French
Hedjaz · rank #91,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,773
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haïssant
Nearest frequency peer: haïssant (-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 « Hedjaz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Haruna
Haruna
8,232 corpus weight
- hatt
hatt
8,231 corpus weight
- haïssant
haïssant
8,229 corpus weight
- Hedjaz
Hedjaz
8,228 corpus weight
- Heft
Heft
8,227 corpus weight
- hellénisme
hellénisme
8,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Hedjaz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hedjaz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.dʒaz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Hedjaz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Hedjaz is uncommon French at frequency #91,773 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.dʒaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Hedjaz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Hedjaz, spelled H-E-D-J-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Ancien royaume situé à l’ouest de l’actuelle Arabie séoudite, qui existait de 1916 à 1932, l’année de son union avec Nejd pour former l’actuel pays.
- 2Région actuelle de l’Arabie séoudite correspondant approximativement à l’ancien royaume.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hedjaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hussein se proclame Roi du Hedjaz fin 1916 mais son titre n’est pas reconnu par l’ensemble des puissances européennes. Le Hedjaz est cependant reconnu comme un belligérant à part entière et de ce fait fait partie des vainqueurs du conflit mondial.
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.
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