# unholy vs uphold

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unholy
*adjective · IPA /ʌnˈhəʊli/ · frequency rank #26,645*
Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

### uphold
*verb · IPA /ˌʌpˈhəʊld/ · frequency rank #14,663*
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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