Holding
[ˈhɔʊ̯ldɪŋ]
The verdict
“Holding” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,259
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unternehmen, das Kapitalbeteiligungen (Anteile) an verschiedenen Tochterunternehmen hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-holding · Holding · German
Holding · rank #11,259 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,259
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hindern
Nearest frequency peer: hindern (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Holding“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hilflos
hilflos
88,745 corpus weight
- hindern
hindern
88,743 corpus weight
- Holding
Holding
88,742 corpus weight
- Hörer
Hörer
88,741 corpus weight
- Individuum
Individuum
88,740 corpus weight
- infiziert
infiziert
88,739 corpus weight
What this shows „Holding“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holding |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔʊ̯ldɪŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #11,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Holding“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Holding (IPA [ˈhɔʊ̯ldɪŋ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,259 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unternehmen, das Kapitalbeteiligungen (Anteile) an verschiedenen Tochterunternehmen hat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Holding, with forms such as "hholding", "hloding", and "hodling". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hosting", "Heldin", "holden", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Holding, spelled H-O-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Unternehmen, das Kapitalbeteiligungen (Anteile) an verschiedenen Tochterunternehmen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Nachteile einer Holding liegen in der allgemeinen Abhängigkeit, Anonymisierung und der Ähnlichkeit wie bei der Geschäftsbereichorganisation.
„Wäre es ein Geschäft gewesen mit Währung und Preisen, meine Großmutter hätte über eine milliardenschwere Holding mit Briefkastenfirmen auf den Cayman Islands verfügt.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholding
- hloding
- hodling
- holdding
- holdign
- holdingg
- holdinng
- holdnig
- holidng
- hollding
- ohlding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Holding - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Holding", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).