mitzvah

\mits.va\

/\mits.va\/ noun

The verdict

“mitzvah” is uncommon French (frequency #85,024 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,024
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commandement ou précepte inscrit dans la Thora.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mitzvah · mitzvah · French

mitzvah · rank #85,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,024
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mixés

Nearest frequency peer: mixés (+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 « mitzvah »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mitzvah » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitzvah
PropertyValue
Headwordmitzvah
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mits.va\
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mitzvah » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mitzvahtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mixés » (#85,025), « Mimoun » (#85,022), « mnémonique » (#85,026). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mitzvah » est au #85,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitzvah is uncommon French at frequency #85,024 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mits.va\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mitzvah, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mitzvah, spelled M-I-T-Z-V-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commandement ou précepte inscrit dans la Thora.
  2. 2
    Bonne action de nature religieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Même si Auschwitz, dès les camps, mit plus d’un juif en délicatesse avec le Tout-Puissant, d’aucuns, observe le rabbi survivant, furent rassérénés d’avoir pu observer au moins une mitzvah à Auschwitz : celle du shofar à Rosh Hashanah.
  2. La discussion qui suit cet enseignement de Rabbi Yehouda dans la guemara précise que ces trois mitzvoth doivent être accomplies dans un ordre précis : la nomination du roi d’abord, la destruction d’Amalek ensuite, la construction du Temple en dernier lieu.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mitzvah"?
"mitzvah" is spelled M-I-T-Z-V-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is \mits.va\.
What does "mitzvah" mean?
As a noun, "mitzvah" means: Commandement ou précepte inscrit dans la Thora.
How do you pronounce "mitzvah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitzvah" is \mits.va\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list