Mawlid
\maw.lid\
The verdict
“Mawlid” 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) - Commémoration de la naissance du prophète Mahomet, qui se fête le douzième jour du troisième mois de l’année musulmane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mawlid · Mawlid · French
Mawlid · 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 "M" 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 | Mawlid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maw.lid\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Mawlid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \maw.lid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commémoration de la naissance du prophète Mahomet, qui se fête le douzième jour du troisième mois de l’année musulmane.".
Mawlid has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mawlid, spelled M-A-W-L-I-D.
Definition
- 1Commémoration de la naissance du prophète Mahomet, qui se fête le douzième jour du troisième mois de l’année musulmane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mawlid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Mawlid revêt bien moins d’importance sur le plan théologique et canonique que les deux aïd : « al-adha » et « el-fitr », même s’il est férié dans la plupart des pays musulmans. Aucune sourate du Coran, aucun hadith du Prophète ne commande explicitement de célébrer cet anniversaire.
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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.