# hold vs hos

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hold
*verb · IPA /həʊld/ · frequency rank #655*
To grasp or grip.

### hos
*noun · frequency rank #31,601*
plural of ho

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hold-vs-hos