Holger
The verdict
“Holger” is uncommon French (frequency #69,901 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,901
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-holger · Holger · French
Holger · rank #69,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,901
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hollander
Nearest frequency peer: hollander (+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 « Holger »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hilarantes
hilarantes
30,105 corpus weight
- hocher
hocher
30,102 corpus weight
- Holger
Holger
30,100 corpus weight
- hollander
hollander
30,099 corpus weight
- Holm
Holm
30,098 corpus weight
- horizontali…
horizontalité
30,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Holger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Holger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Holger is uncommon French at frequency #69,901 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Holger in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Holger, spelled H-O-L-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Holger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Danois Holger Rune (à droite sur la photo) a provoqué un séisme, dimanche, en remportant la finale du tournoi de Bercy face à Novak Djokovic (3-6, 6-3, 7-5).
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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