hold to account
"hold-to-account" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hold to account” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hold-to-account · hold to account · English
hold to account · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hold to account |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hold to account” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hold to account is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hold to account appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]hatever they decided to do out there in the wilderness meant thousands of dollars to the stockholders somewhere up in God's country, who would some day hold them to account.
While Harley had been in no way responsible for Pelton's murderous attack upon Yesler, public opinion held him to account.
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.