Which to use
“holed” is a verb and “Holley” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,497
- “holed” frequency rank
- #42,182
- “Holley” frequency rank
- 69679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | holed | Holley |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of hole | A topographic surname from Middle English. |
Letter map: holed vs Holley
Shared letters muted; letters that set holed and Holley apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. holed runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Holley's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for holed / Holley
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: holed is averb and Holleyaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
holed is recorded at frequency rank #27,497, classified as averb, pronounced /hoʊld/. Holley is at rank #42,182, 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 69679, this pair ranks #53,548 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of holed vs Holley
Shared letters: ehlo. Private to "holed": d. Private to "Holley": y.
"holed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Holley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "holed" for "Holley" ever safe?
Frequency check: "holed" vs "Holley" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "holed" and "Holley".
- Full dictionary entry for "holed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Holley" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,548 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "holed" and "Holley" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Holley vs Holtby". 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
Confusion rank #53,548 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.