holst
[hoːlst]
The verdict
“holst” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,732
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs holen
Corpus desk
Index DE-holst · holst · German
holst · rank #16,732 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,732
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hingelegt
Nearest frequency peer: hingelegt (-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 „holst“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- hardy
hardy
83,272 corpus weight
- Harley
Harley
83,271 corpus weight
- hingelegt
hingelegt
83,270 corpus weight
- holst
holst
83,269 corpus weight
- Hormone
Hormone
83,268 corpus weight
- Höfe
Höfe
83,267 corpus weight
What this shows „holst“ 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 | holst |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hoːlst] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „holst“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around holst (IPA [hoːlst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,732 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs holen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for holst, with forms such as "hholst", "hlost", and "hollst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hot", "Holz", "Hose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is holst, spelled H-O-L-S-T.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs holen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholst
- hlost
- hollst
- holsst
- holstt
- holts
- hoslt
- ohlst
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holst - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "holst", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).