# holding

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhəʊldɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,368

## Definitions
1. Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
2. A determination of law made by a court.
3. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
4. Logic; consistency.
5. A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
6. The burden or chorus of a song.
7. That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
8. A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).

## Easily confused with
- **hoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hoping)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-homing)
- **honing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-honing)
- **housing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-housing)
- **hosting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hosting)
- **hopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hopping)
- **hooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hooking)
- **howling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-howling)
- **honking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-honking)
- **Houdini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-houdini)
- **Hollins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holding-vs-hollins)
- **hiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiding-vs-holding)
- **holden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holding)
- **helping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helping-vs-holding)
- **heading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heading-vs-holding)
- **handing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handing-vs-holding)
- **Harding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harding-vs-holding)
- **halting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halting-vs-holding)
- **herding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herding-vs-holding)
- **hogging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogging-vs-holding)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hholding`, `hloding`, `hodling`, `holdding`, `holdign`, `holdingg`, `holdinng`, `holdnig`, `holidng`, `hollding`, `ohlding`

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