holidays
"holidays" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“holidays” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,952
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
Corpus desk
Index EN-holidays · holidays · English
holidays · rank #4,952 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,952
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH ho
Nearest frequency peer: ho (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “holidays”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- GOP
GOP
95,052 corpus weight
- handsome
handsome
95,051 corpus weight
- ho
ho
95,050 corpus weight
- holidays
holidays
95,049 corpus weight
- imagination
imagination
95,047 corpus weight
- integration
integration
95,046 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “holidays” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | holidays |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “holidays” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around holidays, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,952 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for holidays, with forms such as "hholidays", "hloidays", and "hoildays". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Holliday", "holiday", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 English form is holidays, spelled H-O-L-I-D-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1(usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home.
- 2The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how holidays appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Where are you going for your holidays this year?
We're on our holidays.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholidays
- hloidays
- hoildays
- holdiays
- holiadys
- holidasy
- holidayss
- holidayys
- holiddays
- holidyas
- hollidays
- ohlidays
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holidays - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "holidays", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "holidays". Here's where to go from here.
- "holidays" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Holliday". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,952 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.