# holed vs how'd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### how'd
*contraction · IPA /haʊd/ · frequency rank #16,935*
how did

## Source
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Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-how-d