holiday
\ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪ\
The verdict
“holiday” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,837
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jour férié.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holiday |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #27,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “holiday” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around holiday (IPA \ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,837 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for holiday, with forms such as "hholiday", "hloiday", and "hoilday". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is holiday, spelled H-O-L-I-D-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Jour férié.
- 2Vacances.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hholiday
- hloiday
- hoilday
- holdiay
- holiady
- holidayy
- holidday
- holidya
- holliday
- ohliday
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holiday - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “holiday”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-L-I-D-A-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.