Holcim
The verdict
“Holcim” is uncommon French (frequency #94,886 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,886
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand producteur de ciment, dont le siège est à Zurich, en Suisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-holcim · Holcim · French
Holcim · rank #94,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,886
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH historiograph…
Nearest frequency peer: historiographiques (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Holcim »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Herning
Herning
5,120 corpus weight
- historiogra…
historiographiques
5,116 corpus weight
- Holcim
Holcim
5,115 corpus weight
- horlogères
horlogères
5,114 corpus weight
- humidificat…
humidificateur
5,110 corpus weight
- huée
huée
5,109 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Holcim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holcim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Holcim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Holcim is uncommon French at frequency #94,886 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand producteur de ciment, dont le siège est à Zurich, en Suisse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Holcim in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Holcim, spelled H-O-L-C-I-M.
Definition
- 1Grand producteur de ciment, dont le siège est à Zurich, en Suisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holcim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La fondation Holcim pour le développement durable a été créée sous l’égide du groupe Holcim.
Après les groupes Lafarge et Holcim, un troisième opérateur pourrait s’implanter dans le secteur du ciment à Maurice.
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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