Hollandais

^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“Hollandais” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,669
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant d’une des provinces de Hollande-Septentrionale ou de Hollande-Méridionale aux Pays-Bas ; anciennement, habitant du comté ou de la province de Hollande.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hollandais · Hollandais · French

Hollandais · rank #9,669 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,669
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH greffe

Nearest frequency peer: greffe (-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 « Hollandais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Hollandais » 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).

Hollandais vs hollandaise
82% similar

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

Key facts for Hollandais
PropertyValue
HeadwordHollandais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,669
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Hollandais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Hollandaisse 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 « greffe » (#9,668), « homosexuel » (#9,670), « gardant » (#9,667). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Hollandais » est au #9,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Hollandais (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,669 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hollandais, with forms such as "hhollandais", "hlolandais", and "holalndais". 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, "hollandaise", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Hollandais, spelled H-O-L-L-A-N-D-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitant d’une des provinces de Hollande-Septentrionale ou de Hollande-Méridionale aux Pays-Bas ; anciennement, habitant du comté ou de la province de Hollande.
  2. 2
    Néerlandais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces noms, hérissés de consonnes, — le Hollandais économise les voyelles comme si elles étaient plus précieuses que les autres lettres, — ne représenteraient rien à nos lecteurs.
  2. Les Portugais épousaient au Japon de riches héritières, et s’alliaient aux familles les plus puissantes. […] Ils ont été en partie remplacés par les Hollandais dont le comptoir se trouve dans l’île de Dezima, qui est en quelque sorte une rue de la ville de Nangasacki dont elle est séparée par un fossé.

This word in other languages

Hollander(English)Holländer(Deutsch)holandês(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhollandais
  • hlolandais
  • holalndais
  • holandais
  • holladnais
  • hollanadis
  • hollandaiss
  • hollandasi
  • hollanddais
  • hollandias
  • hollanndais
  • hollnadais
  • ohllandais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hollandais - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhollandais1hlolandais2holalndais2holandais1holladnais2hollanadis2hollandaiss1hollandasi2
Edit distance from "Hollandais"

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 "Hollandais"?
"Hollandais" is spelled H-O-L-L-A-N-D-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\.
What does "Hollandais" mean?
As a noun, "Hollandais" means: Habitant d’une des provinces de Hollande-Septentrionale ou de Hollande-Méridionale aux Pays-Bas ; anciennement, habitant du comté ou de la province de Hollande.
What words are commonly confused with "Hollandais"?
"Hollandais" is commonly confused with "hollandaise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hollandais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hollandais" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.lɑ̃.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hollandais" come from?
"Hollandais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

homosexuel#9,670improbable#9,676cotisation#9,631contrôleur#9,629

Similar misspelling depth

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

déranger13 variantsremparts13 variantsrentrent13 variantsanecdotes13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list