Nouvelle-Hollande
\nu.vɛl ʔɔ.lɑ̃d\
The verdict
“Nouvelle-Hollande” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné aux possessions néerlandaises au Brésil arrachées puis rendues aux Portugais entre 1630 et 1654.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nouvelle-Hollande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nu.vɛl ʔɔ.lɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Nouvelle-Hollande” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Nouvelle-Hollande is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \nu.vɛl ʔɔ.lɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Nouvelle-Hollande in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Nouvelle-Hollande, spelled N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E---H-O-L-L-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné aux possessions néerlandaises au Brésil arrachées puis rendues aux Portugais entre 1630 et 1654.
- 2Nom donné en 1644 par les Néerlandais à ce qui deviendra (en 1824) l’Australie.
- 3Nom parfois donné à la colonie nord-américaine néerlandaise de Nouvelle-Néerlande (en néerlandais, Nieuw Nederland), aussi appelé Nouvelle Belge, qui deviendra la colonie britannique de la Nouvelle York. (1614–1664, 1673–1674)
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Nouvelle-Hollande”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-O-U-V-E-L-L-E---H-O-L-L-A-N-D-E - 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.