Hasselhoff

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The verdict

“Hasselhoff” is uncommon French (frequency #94,876 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,876
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hasselhoff · Hasselhoff · French

Hasselhoff · rank #94,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,876
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hasarder

Nearest frequency peer: hasarder (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Hasselhoff”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Hasselhoff” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Hasselhoff
PropertyValue
HeadwordHasselhoff
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hasselhoff” sits in French frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Hasselhoff lands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hasselhoff is uncommon French at frequency #94,876 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hasselhoff, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Hasselhoff, spelled H-A-S-S-E-L-H-O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La voiture parlante de David Hasselhoff dans K 2000, une Pontiac Trans-Am, a, elle aussi, marqué les mémoires.

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hasselhoff"?
"Hasselhoff" is spelled H-A-S-S-E-L-H-O-F-F.
What does "Hasselhoff" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hasselhoff" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Hasselhoff" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

harlequins#94,872horlogères#94,887grignotant#94,854glutathion#94,844

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list