Which to use
“holed” and “hyped” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,497
- “holed” frequency rank
- #14,140
- “hyped” frequency rank
- 41637
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | holed | hyped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of hole | simple past and past participle of hype |
Where the eye mixes holed and hyped
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: holed vs hyped
A purely visual mix-up. holed (/hoʊld/) and hyped (/haɪpt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41637, 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/. hyped is at rank #14,140, tagged as averb, pronounced /haɪpt/.
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 41637, this pair ranks #256,442 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of holed vs hyped
Shared letters: deh. Private to "holed": lo. Private to "hyped": py.
"holed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "hyped" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "holed" and "hyped" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "holed" or "hyped"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "holed" and "hyped" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "holed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hyped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,442 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "holed" and "hyped" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "holed vs holier". 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 #256,442 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.