shareholding

adj

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"shareholding" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shareholding” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,017
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Owning shares.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shareholding · shareholding · English

shareholding · rank #40,017 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,017
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH serendipity

Nearest frequency peer: serendipity (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “shareholding”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “shareholding” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for shareholding
PropertyValue
Headwordshareholding
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#40,017
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shareholding”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).shareholdinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “serendipity” (#40,016), “Shatner” (#40,018), “Shem” (#40,019). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shareholding” is #40,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around shareholding, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,017 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Owning shares.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for shareholding, with forms such as "hsareholding", "sahreholding", and "shaerholding". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From share + holding. The correct English form is shareholding, spelled S-H-A-R-E-H-O-L-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Owning shares.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how shareholding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1846 June, “The B.G. and the N.G.: A Few Words on the Gauge Dispute”, in James Anthony Froude et al., Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, Number 198 Volume 32, G. W. Nickisson, page 749, Such are the returns of profits on the broad and the narrow gauge lines, which £. s. d. submits to the consideration of the shareholding world—and of the Great Wester…

Etymology

From share + holding.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsareholding
  • sahreholding
  • shaerholding
  • sharehholding
  • sharehloding
  • sharehodling
  • shareholdding
  • shareholdign
  • shareholdingg
  • shareholdinng
  • shareholdnig
  • shareholidng
  • sharehollding
  • shareohlding
  • sharheolding
  • sharreholding
  • shhareholding
  • shraeholding
  • sshareholding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shareholding - 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.

hsareholding2sahreholding2shaerholding2sharehholding1sharehloding2sharehodling2shareholdding1shareholdign2
Edit distance from "shareholding"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shareholding"?
"shareholding" is spelled S-H-A-R-E-H-O-L-D-I-N-G.
What does "shareholding" mean?
As an adjective, "shareholding" means: Owning shares.
What are common misspellings of "shareholding"?
Common misspellings include "hsareholding", "sahreholding", "shaerholding", "sharehholding", "sharehloding". The correct spelling is "shareholding".
What is the origin of the word "shareholding"?
From share + holding. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "shareholding", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list