# holden

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #12,439

## Definitions
1. past participle of hold

## Etymology
From Middle English holden, from Old English healden, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan. By surface analysis, hold + -en.

## Easily confused with
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-hole)
- **holds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holds)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holes)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-horde)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holed)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holder)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holmes)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-hooded)
- **holler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holler)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holley)
- **holier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holier)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holton)
- **holding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holding)
- **hold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hold-vs-holden)
- **Helen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helen-vs-holden)
- **Halen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halen-vs-holden)
- **hidden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hidden-vs-holden)
- **Hayden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hayden-vs-holden)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harden-vs-holden)
- **Hodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodder-vs-holden)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hholden`, `hloden`, `hodlen`, `holdden`, `holdenn`, `holdne`, `holedn`, `hollden`, `ohlden`

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