Holländer
[ˈhɔlɛndɐ]
The verdict
“Holländer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,627
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bürger der Niederlande
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 | Holländer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔlɛndɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Holländer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Holländer (IPA [ˈhɔlɛndɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,627 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Holländer, with forms such as "hholländer", "hloländer", and "hollnäder". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Holland", "Hollande", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Holländer, spelled H-O-L-L-Ä-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bürger der Niederlande
- 2Bewohner der Region Holland
- 3vierrädriges Kinderfahrzeug, das nach Art einer Draisine mit einem Handhebel angetrieben wird
- 4Käse aus Holland
- 5scheckige kleine Kaninchenrasse
- 6Maschine bei der Papierherstellung aus Stoffresten (Hadern)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholländer
- hloländer
- hollnäder
- hollädner
- holländder
- holländerr
- holländre
- hollänedr
- hollännder
- holälnder
- holänder
- ohlländer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Holländer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Holländer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-L-L-Ä-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhɔlɛndɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Holland” - see the side-by-side comparison. Holländer vs Holland
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.