holidays
\ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪz\
The verdict
“holidays” is uncommon French (frequency #64,510 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,510
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de holiday.
Corpus desk
Index FR-holidays · holidays · French
holidays · rank #64,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,510
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH hof
Nearest frequency peer: hof (-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 « holidays »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- hitlérienne
hitlérienne
35,494 corpus weight
- hoe
hoe
35,493 corpus weight
- hof
hof
35,492 corpus weight
- holidays
holidays
35,491 corpus weight
- however
however
35,489 corpus weight
- Hulu
Hulu
35,487 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « holidays » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holidays |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « holidays » en français
Rare enough to double-check
holidays is uncommon French at frequency #64,510 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈhɑl.ə.ˌdeɪz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for holidays, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is holidays, spelled H-O-L-I-D-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de holiday.
- 2Vacances.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how holidays appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She spent her holidays on the country estates of wealthy kinsfolk such as her uncle, Henry Warfield, at Timonium near Baltimore, […]
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).