# holy vs hows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### hows
*noun · IPA /haʊz/ · frequency rank #38,890*
plural of how

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