ramadan

\ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\

/\ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ramadan” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,773
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neuvième mois du calendrier musulman, que les fidèles consacrent à un jeûne de l’aube à la tombée de la nuit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ramadan · ramadan · French

ramadan · rank #10,773 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,773
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH radicalement

Nearest frequency peer: radicalement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ramadan »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ramadan » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ramadan
PropertyValue
Headwordramadan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,773
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ramadan »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ramadanse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « radicalement » (#10,772), « racheté » (#10,771), « rapporteur » (#10,775). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ramadan » est au #10,773. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ramadan (IPA \ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,773 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ramadan, with forms such as "armadan", "raamdan", and "ramaadn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ramadan, spelled R-A-M-A-D-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Neuvième mois du calendrier musulman, que les fidèles consacrent à un jeûne de l’aube à la tombée de la nuit.
  2. 2
    Jeûne musulman lui-même, quatrième pilier de l’Islam.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis le 24 janvier nous sommes en ramadan, neuvième mois de l’année lunaire mahométane, pendant lequel tout bon musulman s’abstient de manger, de boire, de fumer, bref, de toute jouissance charnelle, depuis l’aube jusqu’au coucher du soleil.
  2. — J’ai plaisir aussi à vous conter cette autre savoureuse aventure de notre excellent Pierre : son atterrissage forcé dans une localité du Béloutchistan en un jour de ramadan où tout étranger surpris dehors était immédiatement massacré.

Synonyms

sawmصومsiyamصيام

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • armadan
  • raamdan
  • ramaadn
  • ramadann
  • ramaddan
  • ramadna
  • ramdaan
  • rammadan
  • rmaadan
  • rramadan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ramadan - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

armadan2raamdan2ramaadn2ramadann1ramaddan1ramadna2ramdaan2rammadan1
Edit distance from "ramadan"

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 "ramadan"?
"ramadan" is spelled R-A-M-A-D-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\.
What does "ramadan" mean?
As a noun, "ramadan" means: Neuvième mois du calendrier musulman, que les fidèles consacrent à un jeûne de l’aube à la tombée de la nuit.
What are common misspellings of "ramadan"?
Common misspellings include "armadan", "raamdan", "ramaadn", "ramadann", "ramaddan". The correct spelling is "ramadan".
How do you pronounce "ramadan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ramadan" is \ʁa.ma.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ramadan" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list