# holy vs homo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### holy
*adjective · IPA /ˈhəʊli/ · frequency rank #1,396*
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

### homo
*noun · IPA /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/ · frequency rank #12,789*
Clipping of homosexual.

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