# uphold vs upload

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### upload
*verb · IPA /əpˈləʊd/ · frequency rank #7,300*
To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.

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