# holds vs holed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### holds
*noun · IPA /həʊldz/ · frequency rank #2,488*
plural of hold

### holed
*verb · IPA /hoʊld/ · frequency rank #27,497*
simple past and past participle of hole

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