Hilda

\il.da\

/\il.da\/ name

The verdict

“Hilda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,882
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin germanique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hilda · Hilda · French

Hilda · rank #36,882 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,882
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hexagonale

Nearest frequency peer: hexagonale (-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 « Hilda »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Hilda » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Hilda vs hill
40% similar
Hilda vs hold
40% similar
Hilda vs holà
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Hilda
PropertyValue
HeadwordHilda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\il.da\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,882
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hilda »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hildase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hexagonale » (#36,881), « hockeyeur » (#36,883), « Hentai » (#36,880). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hilda » est au #36,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Hilda (IPA \il.da\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,882 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin germanique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hilda, with forms such as "hhilda", "hidla", and "hilad". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "hill", "hold", "holà", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Hilda, spelled H-I-L-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin germanique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si prompt qu’il eût été, ce mouvement n’avait cependant pas échappé à Hilda qui sourit avec un peu d’amertume et hocha approbativement la tête ; dans son regard, clair et droit, Serge Brunof lut sans peine la vérité.
  2. Le 17 mai, la militante ougandaise Hilda Flavia Nakabuye avait interpellé le directeur général du Crédit agricole lors de l’AG du groupe, plus gros soutien bancaire de TotalEnergies : « Je suis ici pour vous parler de la destruction qui a lieu chez moi et à laquelle vous contribuez. Le pipeline Eacop, que TotalEnergies est en train de construire, a déplac…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhilda
  • hidla
  • hilad
  • hildda
  • hillda
  • hlida
  • ihlda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hhilda1hidla2hilad2hildda1hillda1hlida2ihlda2
Edit distance from "Hilda"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hilda"?
"Hilda" is spelled H-I-L-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \il.da\.
What does "Hilda" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hilda" means: Prénom féminin germanique.
What words are commonly confused with "Hilda"?
"Hilda" is commonly confused with "hill", "hold", "holà". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hilda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hilda" is \il.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hilda" come from?
"Hilda" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list