Hilary
\ˈhɪl.ə.ɹi\
The verdict
“Hilary” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,395
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hilary · Hilary · French
Hilary · rank #26,395 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,395
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH haricot
Nearest frequency peer: haricot (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hilary »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hanter
hanter
73,609 corpus weight
- harcèle
harcèle
73,608 corpus weight
- haricot
haricot
73,607 corpus weight
- Hilary
Hilary
73,606 corpus weight
- horn
horn
73,605 corpus weight
- horoscope
horoscope
73,604 corpus weight
What this shows « Hilary » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Hilary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɪl.ə.ɹi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hilary »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hilary (IPA \ˈhɪl.ə.ɹi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,395 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hilary, with forms such as "hhilary", "hialry", and "hilarry". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hilaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Hilary, spelled H-I-L-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
- 2Prénom masculin équivalent de Hilaire en français.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhilary
- hialry
- hilarry
- hilaryy
- hilayr
- hillary
- hilray
- hliary
- ihlary
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hilary - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hilary", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).