holà

^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\/ intj

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The verdict

“holà” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,841
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cri que les charretiers poussaient pour faire arrêter leurs chevaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hola · holà · French

holà · rank #38,841 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,841
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hiéroglyphes

Nearest frequency peer: hiéroglyphes (-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 « holà »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « holà » 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).

holà vs hop
50% similar
holà vs hot
50% similar
holà vs how
50% similar

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

Key facts for holà
PropertyValue
Headwordholà
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,841
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « holà »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).holàse 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 « hiéroglyphes » (#38,840), « hiérarchisation » (#38,839), « hybridation » (#38,843). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « holà » est au #38,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around holà (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #38,841 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for holà, with forms such as "hholà", "hloà", and "hollà". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hop", "hot", "how", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 holà, spelled H-O-L-À.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cri que les charretiers poussaient pour faire arrêter leurs chevaux.
  2. 2
    Dont on se sert pour appeler.
  3. 3
    Cri poussé pour faire cesser une activité débordante, un chahut ou pour faire stopper des digressions hors sujet.
  4. 4
    Tout beau, c’est assez.
  5. 5
    Ménagement, atténuation d'une exagération potentielle verbale ou factuelle.
  6. 6
    Marque d’un changement de contexte ou catégoriel important.
  7. 7
    Marque d’une surprise ou de douleur physique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Holà, ohhh, holà a-t-il lancé pour faire arrêter son attelage !
  2. Montreval poussait des holà ! prolongés. Fend-l'Air ruait, se dressait, pointait, exécutait des tête-à-queue fantastiques, semblant pris de folie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hholà
  • hloà
  • hollà
  • hoàl
  • ohlà

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hholà1hloà2hollà1hoàl2ohlà2
Edit distance from "holà"

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 "holà"?
"holà" is spelled H-O-L-À. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\.
What does "holà" mean?
As an interjection, "holà" means: Cri que les charretiers poussaient pour faire arrêter leurs chevaux.
What words are commonly confused with "holà"?
"holà" is commonly confused with "hop", "hot", "how". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "holà"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "holà" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "holà" come from?
"holà" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

icon#38,845iota#38,870fixa#38,809fill#38,807

Similar misspelling depth

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

Jolly5 variantsfige5 variantskool5 variantsNCAA5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list