hold vs Hom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“hold” is a verb and “Hom” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#655
“hold” frequency rank: #35,755
“Hom” frequency rank: 36410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hold	Hom
Definition	To grasp or grip.	A surname

Letter map: hold vs Hom

Shared letters muted; letters that set hold and Hom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

hold

3 ch

Hom

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hold is averb and Homaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hold is recorded at frequency rank #655, classified as averb, pronounced /həʊld/. Hom is at rank #35,755, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 36410, this pair ranks #303,448 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hold vs Hom

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hold": dl. Private to "Hom": m.

"hold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Hom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

hold ← hhold · hlod · hodl · holdd · holld · ohld

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hold" and "Hom" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hold" is a verb and "Hom" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "hold" or "Hom"?

"hold" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #655 in our English list, against #35,755 for "Hom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "hold" and "Hom". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "hold" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Hom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #303,448 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hold" and "Hom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs Hom". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.