holdings

^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“holdings” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,992
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de holding.

Corpus desk

Index FR-holdings · holdings · French

holdings · rank #31,992 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #31,992
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hobbes

Nearest frequency peer: Hobbes (-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 « holdings »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « holdings » 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).

holdings vs holding
88% similar

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

Key facts for holdings
PropertyValue
Headwordholdings
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,992
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « holdings »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).holdingsse 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 « Hobbes » (#31,991), « hologramme » (#31,993), « hormonal » (#31,994). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « holdings » est au #31,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around holdings (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,992 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de holding.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for holdings, with forms such as "hholdings", "hlodings", and "hodlings". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "holding", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is holdings, spelled H-O-L-D-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de holding.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les holdings sont les vecteurs de cette nouvelle gouvernance bancaire japonaise et supportent une structure en réseau autour d’une verticale, l’axe de la holding, en direction des filiales.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hholdings
  • hlodings
  • hodlings
  • holddings
  • holdigns
  • holdinggs
  • holdingss
  • holdinngs
  • holdinsg
  • holdnigs
  • holidngs
  • holldings
  • ohldings

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hholdings1hlodings2hodlings2holddings1holdigns2holdinggs1holdingss1holdinngs1
Edit distance from "holdings"

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 "holdings"?
"holdings" is spelled H-O-L-D-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\.
What does "holdings" mean?
As a noun, "holdings" means: Pluriel de holding.
What words are commonly confused with "holdings"?
"holdings" is commonly confused with "holding". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "holdings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "holdings" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔl.diŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "holdings" come from?
"holdings" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hormonal#31,994Guinness#31,983Grosjean#31,982Gourcuff#31,980

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

hologramme13 variantsimparable13 variantsinachevée13 variantsincendiée13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list