# holder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhəʊldə/ · frequency rank #5,050

## Definitions
1. A thing that holds.
2. A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
3. One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
4. The defending champion.

## Etymology
From hold + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hole)
- **holds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holds)
- **holes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holes)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-homer)
- **hover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hover)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-horde)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holed)
- **hoyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hoyer)
- **Holmes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holmes)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hooker)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hotter)
- **Hoover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hoover)
- **hopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hopper)
- **hooper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hooper)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-hooded)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-horner)
- **holler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holler)
- **Holley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holley)
- **holier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holier)
- **holster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holder-vs-holster)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hholder`, `hloder`, `hodler`, `holdder`, `holderr`, `holdre`, `holedr`, `hollder`, `ohlder`

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