holly
/ˈhɒl.i/
The verdict
“holly” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,180
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acebo
Corpus desk
Index ES-holly · holly · Spanish
holly · rank #24,180 · 5 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,180
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hindúes
Nearest frequency peer: hindúes (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “holly”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- hand
hand
75,824 corpus weight
- hindúes
hindúes
75,822 corpus weight
- holly
holly
75,821 corpus weight
- humos
humos
75,820 corpus weight
- húmedas
húmedas
75,819 corpus weight
- ilícitos
ilícitos
75,818 corpus weight
What this shows “holly” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | holly |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒl.i/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “holly”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around holly (IPA /ˈhɒl.i/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,180 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acebo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for holly, with forms such as "hholly", "hloly", and "hollyy". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "hoy", "holy", "honey", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is holly, spelled H-O-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Acebo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholly
- hloly
- hollyy
- holyl
- ohlly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holly - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "holly", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).