# held vs hula

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hula
*noun · IPA /ˈhuːlə/ · frequency rank #28,583*
A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.

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