# Ahl vs ahold

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ahl
*name · frequency rank #25,652*
A surname.

### ahold
*adverb · IPA /əˈhoʊld/ · frequency rank #34,370*
Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahl-vs-ahold