holt

\hoːlt\

/\hoːlt\/ verb

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The verdict

“holt” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,350. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,350
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de holen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-holt · holt · French

holt · rank #25,350 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,350
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH hoche

Nearest frequency peer: hoche (-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 « holt »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « holt » 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).

holt vs hop
50% similar
holt vs hot
75% similar
holt vs how
50% similar

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

Key facts for holt
PropertyValue
Headwordholt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\hoːlt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#25,350
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « holt »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).holtse 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 « hoche » (#25,349), « Homère » (#25,351), « hat » (#25,348). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « holt » est au #25,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around holt (IPA \hoːlt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,350 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for holt, with forms such as "hholt", "hlot", and "hollt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hop", "hot", "how", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 holt, spelled H-O-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de holen.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de holen.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de holen.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hholt
  • hlot
  • hollt
  • holtt
  • hotl
  • ohlt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of holt - 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.

hholt1hlot2hollt1holtt1hotl2ohlt2
Edit distance from "holt"

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 "holt"?
"holt" is spelled H-O-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is \hoːlt\.
What does "holt" mean?
As a verb, "holt" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de holen.
What words are commonly confused with "holt"?
"holt" is commonly confused with "hop", "hot", "how". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "holt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "holt" is \hoːlt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "holt" come from?
"holt" 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 "holt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gong#25,337Gaby#25,331irez#25,370Kivu#25,376

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

frost6 variantsLidl6 variantsflip6 variantsoutré6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list