Hollander
"hollander" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hollander” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,181
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Somebody from Holland.
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 | Hollander |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hollander” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Hollander, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,181 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hollander, with forms such as "hhollander", "hlolander", and "holalnder". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Holland", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland + -er; compare the German Holländer. The correct English form is Hollander, spelled H-O-L-L-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Somebody from Holland.
- 2A Dutch person.
- 3A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water.
- 4Ellipsis of Hollander beater.
- 5A Dutch rabbit.
Etymology
From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland + -er; compare the German Holländer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhollander,hlolander,holalnder,holander,holladner,hollandder,hollanderr,hollandre,hollanedr,hollannder,hollnader,ohllander
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hollander - 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.
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Using “Hollander”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-L-L-A-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Holland” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hollander vs Holland
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.