muezzin
\mɥɛd.zin\
The verdict
“muezzin” is uncommon French (frequency #71,721 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,721
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans les pays musulmans, crieur attaché à une mosquée qui, en général du haut du minaret, appelle à la prière à certaines heures.
Corpus desk
Index FR-muezzin · muezzin · French
muezzin · rank #71,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,721
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Morricone
Nearest frequency peer: Morricone (-2 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 « muezzin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Montmédy
Montmédy
28,286 corpus weight
- morillo
morillo
28,284 corpus weight
- Morricone
Morricone
28,282 corpus weight
- muezzin
muezzin
28,280 corpus weight
- mycélium
mycélium
28,276 corpus weight
- mécanisée
mécanisée
28,275 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « muezzin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muezzin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɥɛd.zin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « muezzin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
muezzin is uncommon French at frequency #71,721 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɥɛd.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans les pays musulmans, crieur attaché à une mosquée qui, en général du haut du minaret, appelle à la prière à certaines heures.".
muezzin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is muezzin, spelled M-U-E-Z-Z-I-N.
Definition
- 1Dans les pays musulmans, crieur attaché à une mosquée qui, en général du haut du minaret, appelle à la prière à certaines heures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how muezzin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces muezzins invoquent encore Allah cinq fois par jour à des heures fixes : ce sont les seules horloges publiques de la vieille ville. On les voit, à la fenêtre du minaret, commençant du côté de la Mecque, et se tournant ensuite vers les autres points cardinaux.
On n’entend dans le voisinage que la voix du muezzin qui chante tristement, en l’honneur d’Allah, sa complainte séculaire.
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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