hold to account
"hold-to-account" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hold to account” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hold to account |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hold to account” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for hold to account is 15 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hold to account in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is hold to account, spelled H-O-L-D- -T-O- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T.
Definition
- 1To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hold to account”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-L-D- -T-O- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.