# ahold

> English word · Adverb · IPA /əˈhoʊld/ · frequency rank #34,370

## Definitions
1. Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

## Etymology
From a- (“on”) + hold.

## Easily confused with
- **AOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-aol)
- **auld** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-auld)
- **ahoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-ahoy)
- **AWOL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-awol)
- **avoid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-avoid)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-aloud)
- **atoll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-atoll)
- **Arnold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahold-vs-arnold)
- **Ahl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahl-vs-ahold)
- **ahead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahead-vs-ahold)
- **Ahmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahmed-vs-ahold)
- **Ahmad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ahmad-vs-ahold)
- **Adolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adolf-vs-ahold)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahhold`, `ahlod`, `ahodl`, `aholdd`, `aholld`, `aohld`, `haold`

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