Wilders
The verdict
“Wilders” is uncommon French (frequency #54,998 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,998
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wilders · Wilders · French
Wilders · rank #54,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,998
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,995
- PHOTO-FINISH wheels
Nearest frequency peer: wheels (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Wilders”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- voc
voc
45,009 corpus weight
- Vulgate
Vulgate
45,007 corpus weight
- wheels
wheels
45,004 corpus weight
- Wilders
Wilders
45,003 corpus weight
- wons
wons
45,000 corpus weight
- yam
yam
44,998 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Wilders” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wilders |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wilders” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wilders is uncommon French at frequency #54,998 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wilders in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Wilders, spelled W-I-L-D-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wilders appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S’adressant à ses partisans après la sortie des urnes, Geert Wilders a réitéré sa rhétorique anti-immigrés, affirmant que les Néerlandais avaient voté pour endiguer le « tsunami » des demandeurs d’asile.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wilders", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.