Which to use
“hadji” and “hajj” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,874
- “hadji” frequency rank
- #46,797
- “hajj” frequency rank
- 83671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hadji | hajj |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans la religion musulmane, personne qui a accompli les pèlerinages de La Mecque, de Médine ou de Jérusalem. | Pèlerinage musulman aux lieux saints de la ville sainte de La Mecque (Arabie saoudite), un des piliers de l'islam, obligatoire à tout musulman, au moins une fois dans sa vie, s'il en a les moyens financiers et physiques. |
Where the eye mixes hadji and hajj
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: hadji vs hajj
A purely visual mix-up. hadji (\a.dʒi\) and hajj (\adʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hadji is recorded at frequency rank #36,874, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.dʒi\. hajj is at rank #46,797, tagged as anoun, pronounced \adʒ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 83671, this pair ranks #14,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hadji vs hajj
Shared letters: ahj. Private to "hadji": di. Private to "hajj": -.
"hadji" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "hajj" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hadji" and "hajj" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "hadji" or "hajj" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "hadji" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hajj" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hadji" and "hajj" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hajj vs hash". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #14,403 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.