The most used at all is زوجة zawja (wife) and الزوجة = the wife ( Al ال the + zawja زوجة wife ) example : hatihi zawjati ( this is my wife ) but حرم ، قرينة ، عقيلة are not often used حرم = use it specially to describe something official like documents example : حرم عبد الله ( spouse of Abdullah ) قرينة (qarina) = it means a duplicate , so a duplicate for the man is his wife عقيلة (aakila) = use it in official statements like : الرئيس و عقيلته (the president and his wife) but almost , zawja is the most used in dialectal some countries use the word امرأتي (mraati) that means literally (my woman ) but means dialectically ( my wife ) hope it helps :D

زوجة الزوجة Wife, the wife حرم the wife of When you use this word you have to mention the name of the husband after it . قرينة This one means wife as well,it is almost a synonym with زوجة .The word could be equivalent to 'my other half' in English.

زوجة: Neutral word stem. Most common in use. Not related in subject or meaning in the sentence, e.g: a wife . الزوجة: Prefixe+Neutral word stem. Most common in use. Related in subject or meaning in the sentence, e.g: the wife. حرم: less used in common language, but more in official documents. قرينة: rarely used. عقيلة: official documents and to describe highly ranked personalities' wives