Wilhelmina

name

The verdict

“Wilhelmina” is uncommon French (frequency #72,838 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,838
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guillemette, Guillaumette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wilhelmina · Wilhelmina · French

Wilhelmina · rank #72,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,838
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wig

Nearest frequency peer: wig (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Wilhelmina »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wilhelmina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wilhelmina
PropertyValue
HeadwordWilhelmina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Wilhelmina » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Wilhelminatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « wig » (#72,837), « Whittaker » (#72,836), « wishlist » (#72,840). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wilhelmina » est au #72,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wilhelmina is uncommon French at frequency #72,838 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Guillemette, Guillaumette.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Wilhelmina in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Wilhelmina, spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Guillemette, Guillaumette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Wilhelmina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wilhelmina von Hessen-Rotenburg.

Synonyms

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 "Wilhelmina"?
"Wilhelmina" is spelled W-I-L-H-E-L-M-I-N-A.
What does "Wilhelmina" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wilhelmina" means: Guillemette, Guillaumette.
What language does "Wilhelmina" come from?
"Wilhelmina" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Wilhelmina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list