# holly vs Holtby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### holly
*noun · IPA /ˈhɒli/ · frequency rank #8,555*
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

### Holtby
*name · frequency rank #49,986*
A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6754).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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