Which to use
“holed” is a verb and “hued” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,497
- “holed” frequency rank
- #47,105
- “hued” frequency rank
- 74602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | holed | hued |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of hole | Colored; having a hue. |
Letter map: holed vs hued
Shared letters muted; letters that set holed and hued apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. holed runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against hued's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for holed / hued
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: holed is averb and huedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74602, 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/. hued is at rank #47,105, tagged as anadj.
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 74602, this pair ranks #35,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of holed vs hued
Shared letters: deh. Private to "holed": lo. Private to "hued": u.
"holed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hued" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "holed" for "hued" ever safe?
Frequency check: "holed" vs "hued" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "holed" vs "hued" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "holed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hued" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,833 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "holed" and "hued" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hod vs hued". 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 #35,833 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.