hidjab
^((h aspiré))\id.ʒab\
The verdict
“hidjab” is uncommon French (frequency #68,340 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,340
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de hijab.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hidjab · hidjab · French
hidjab · rank #68,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,340
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hertziennes
Nearest frequency peer: hertziennes (-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 « hidjab »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- heptathlon
heptathlon
31,663 corpus weight
- hertziennes
hertziennes
31,662 corpus weight
- hidjab
hidjab
31,661 corpus weight
- hissée
hissée
31,660 corpus weight
- Hokusai
Hokusai
31,659 corpus weight
- hortensia
hortensia
31,658 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hidjab » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hidjab |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\id.ʒab\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hidjab » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hidjab is uncommon French at frequency #68,340 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\id.ʒab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de hijab.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hidjab in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hidjab, spelled H-I-D-J-A-B.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de hijab.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hidjab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce voile a connu, en arabe ou en persan, de nombreux noms et d’innombrables formes, masquant plus ou moins le visage et le corps. du hidjab au tchador, ces variantes s’appuient toutes sur un incontestable fondement coranique.
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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