Halloween
\a.lɔ.win\
The verdict
“Halloween” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,329
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fête, célébrée principalement en Irlande, au Canada, en Australie, en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis, qui se déroule dans la nuit du 31 octobre au 1ᵉʳ novembre où traditionnellement les enfants ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Halloween |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.lɔ.win\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Halloween” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Halloween (IPA \a.lɔ.win\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,329 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Fête, célébrée principalement en Irlande, au Canada, en Australie, en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis, qui se déroule dans la nuit du 31 octobre au 1ᵉʳ novembre où traditionnellement les enfants ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Halloween, with forms such as "ahlloween", "halloewen", and "halloweenn". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Halloween, spelled H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fête, célébrée principalement en Irlande, au Canada, en Australie, en Grande-Bretagne et aux États-Unis, qui se déroule dans la nuit du 31 octobre au 1ᵉʳ novembre où traditionnellement les enfants demandent des friandises aux portes des maisons. D’autres activités incluent des bals masqués, le visionnage de films d’horreur, la visite de maisons « hantées », etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahlloween
- halloewen
- halloweenn
- hallowen
- hallowene
- hallowween
- hallwoeen
- halolween
- haloween
- hhalloween
- hlaloween
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Halloween - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Halloween”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.lɔ.win\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.