Holmes

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The verdict

“Holmes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,402
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine anglaise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-holmes · Holmes · French

Holmes · rank #13,402 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,402
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH haricots

Nearest frequency peer: haricots (-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 « Holmes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Holmes » 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).

Holmes vs home
50% similar
Holmes vs Homs
67% similar
Holmes vs homme
50% similar

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

Key facts for Holmes
PropertyValue
HeadwordHolmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,402
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Holmes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Holmesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « haricots » (#13,401), « humoristique » (#13,403), « Hannah » (#13,400). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « Holmes » est au #13,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Holmes, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,402 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine anglaise.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Holmes, with forms such as "hholmes", "hlomes", and "holems". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "home", "Homs", "homme", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Holmes, spelled H-O-L-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille d’origine anglaise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Meurtres à… sont soumis à des codes très particuliers, prévient Anne Holmes, directrice des programmes et directrice des programmes et directrice de la fiction française de France Télévisions.
  2. Sur CNN, la directrice de la compagnie, Kendra Holmes, parlait même d’un séjour illimité tant que les clients pouvaient se le permettre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hholmes
  • hlomes
  • holems
  • hollmes
  • holmess
  • holmmes
  • holmse
  • homles
  • ohlmes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Holmes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hholmes1hlomes2holems2hollmes1holmess1holmmes1holmse2homles2
Edit distance from "Holmes"

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 "Holmes"?
"Holmes" is spelled H-O-L-M-E-S.
What does "Holmes" mean?
As a proper noun, "Holmes" means: Nom de famille d’origine anglaise.
What words are commonly confused with "Holmes"?
"Holmes" is commonly confused with "home", "Homs", "homme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Holmes" come from?
"Holmes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hannah#13,400gonflé#13,396ghetto#13,395juives#13,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

laurier9 variantsmangez9 variantsmentor9 variantsmordre9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list