# held vs Holi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Holi
*name · frequency rank #41,179*
A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

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