Hilversum
"hilversum" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hilversum” is uncommon English (frequency #83,343 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,343
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hilversum · Hilversum · English
Hilversum · rank #83,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,343
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hilson
Nearest frequency peer: Hilson (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hilversum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hestia
Hestia
16,663 corpus weight
- Hilson
Hilson
16,659 corpus weight
- Hilversum
Hilversum
16,658 corpus weight
- Hixon
Hixon
16,657 corpus weight
- Holywell
Holywell
16,655 corpus weight
- homebuilding
homebuilding
16,654 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hilversum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hilversum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hilversum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hilversum is uncommon English at frequency #83,343 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hilversum in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum. The correct English form is Hilversum, spelled H-I-L-V-E-R-S-U-M.
Definition
- 1A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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