jilbab
\dʒil.bab\
The verdict
“jilbab” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Robe longue et ample aux manches longues et de couleur sombre, couvrant la tête, sauf le visage, jusqu’aux pieds.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jilbab · jilbab · French
jilbab · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jilbab |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʒil.bab\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jilbab is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʒil.bab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Robe longue et ample aux manches longues et de couleur sombre, couvrant la tête, sauf le visage, jusqu’aux pieds.".
jilbab doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jilbab, spelled J-I-L-B-A-B.
Definition
- 1Robe longue et ample aux manches longues et de couleur sombre, couvrant la tête, sauf le visage, jusqu’aux pieds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jilbab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je porte le jilbab, parce que la religion est très importante pour moi », explique-t-elle, en glissant d’un sourire: « si je fais ça, c’est pour avoir le paradis.
Les deux se moquent en chœur de celles qu’ils appellent les Batman, ces filles portant le jilbab, qui va jusqu’aux pieds et ne laisse apparent que le visage.
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.