holocauste
\o.lo.kost\
The verdict
“holocauste” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,771 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,771
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sacrifice dans lequel la victime était entièrement consumée par le feu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holocauste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o.lo.kost\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “holocauste” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for holocauste is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.lo.kost\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,771 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for holocauste, with forms such as "hholocauste", "hloocauste", and "holcoauste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is holocauste, spelled H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sacrifice dans lequel la victime était entièrement consumée par le feu.
- 2La victime ainsi sacrifiée.
- 3Sacrifice en général.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hholocauste,hloocauste,holcoauste,hollocauste,holoacuste,holocasute,holocauset,holocausste,holocaustte,holocautse,holoccauste,holocuaste,hoolcauste,ohlocauste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holocauste - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “holocauste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-L-O-C-A-U-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o.lo.kost\ (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
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.