holder

\ɔl.dœʁ\

/\ɔl.dœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“holder” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,493. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,493
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détenteur (dans le domaine financier, en particulier).

Corpus desk

Index FR-holder · holder · French

holder · rank #44,493 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,493
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hicham

Nearest frequency peer: Hicham (-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 « holder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « holder » 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).

holder vs hole
67% similar
holder vs horde
67% similar
holder vs Holmes
50% similar

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

Key facts for holder
PropertyValue
Headwordholder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔl.dœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,493
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « holder »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).holderse 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 « Hicham » (#44,492), « husky » (#44,494), « Helga » (#44,491). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « holder » est au #44,493. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around holder (IPA \ɔl.dœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,493 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 holder, with forms such as "hholder", "hloder", and "hodler". 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, "hole", "horde", "Holmes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is holder, spelled H-O-L-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détenteur (dans le domaine financier, en particulier).
  2. 2
    Investisseur qui détient son investissement sur une longue durée, en particulier dans le domaine des cryptomonnaies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 40 % des holders [les détenteurs] ont par exemple voté pour choisir de démarrer l’aventure sur le jeu Apex Legends, ce qui est loin des 4 à 6 % habituels sur d’autres DAO.
  2. Les holders doivent donc comprendre que cette mise à jour représente une énorme avancée pour l'écosystème de la blockchain et notamment pour celle d'Ethereum.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hholder
  • hloder
  • hodler
  • holdder
  • holderr
  • holdre
  • holedr
  • hollder
  • ohlder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hholder1hloder2hodler2holdder1holderr1holdre2holedr2hollder1
Edit distance from "holder"

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 "holder"?
"holder" is spelled H-O-L-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔl.dœʁ\.
What does "holder" mean?
As a noun, "holder" means: Détenteur (dans le domaine financier, en particulier).
What words are commonly confused with "holder"?
"holder" is commonly confused with "hole", "horde", "Holmes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "holder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "holder" is \ɔl.dœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "holder" come from?
"holder" 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 "holder", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list