# holed vs Hoyle

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Hoyle
*name · IPA /ˈhɔɪl/ · frequency rank #46,523*
A surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-hoyle