Humboldt
The verdict
“Humboldt” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,436
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Humboldt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Humboldt” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Humboldt, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,436 among 109,908 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Humboldt, with forms such as "hhumboldt", "hmuboldt", and "hubmoldt". 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 headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Humboldt, spelled H-U-M-B-O-L-D-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumboldt
- hmuboldt
- hubmoldt
- humbboldt
- humblodt
- humbodlt
- humbolddt
- humboldtt
- humbolldt
- humboltd
- hummboldt
- humobldt
- uhmboldt
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Humboldt - 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.
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 “Humboldt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-U-M-B-O-L-D-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.