Holistic or wholistic?
holistic is an adjective meaning “Related to holism”; wholistic is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of holistic”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) holistic is about 58 times as common as wholistic.
What is the difference between holistic and wholistic?
| holistic | wholistic | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | Related to holism Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts | Alternative form of holistic |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | /həˈlɪs.tɪk/ /həʊˈlɪs.tɪk/ /hoʊˈlɪs.tɪk/ | not recorded |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words | about once in every 27 million words |
Sources: holistic and wholistic in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of holistic and wholistic
holistic
- 1
Related to holism
- 2
Relating to a study of the whole instead of a separation into parts
wholistic
- 1
Alternative form of holistic
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, holistic or wholistic?
holistic appears 2.1 times per million words; wholistic about once in every 27 million words.
holistic 2.1 times per million wordswholistic about once in every 27 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search holistic vs wholistic?
“holistic vs wholistic” is searched about 60 times a month on Bing (Google reports it together with close variants, so it has no figure of its own) in the United States.
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