# held vs Hilda

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### held
*verb · IPA /ˈhɛld/ · frequency rank #572*
simple past and past participle of hold

### Hilda
*name · IPA /ˈhɪldə/ · frequency rank #24,470*
A female given name from the Germanic languages used since Middle Ages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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