wholly
\ˈhoʊ.li\
The verdict
“wholly” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complètement, entièrement, totalement, tout.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wholly · wholly · French
wholly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wholly |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈhoʊ.li\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wholly » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wholly is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈhoʊ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Complètement, entièrement, totalement, tout.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wholly, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is wholly, spelled W-H-O-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Complètement, entièrement, totalement, tout.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wholly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An synthetic drawing and wholly unconventional composition.
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.