# Holi

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,179

## Definitions
1. A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), from Sanskrit होली (holī).

## Easily confused with
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-how)
- **hot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hot)
- **hop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hop)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hon)
- **hoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hoo)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hui)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hou)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hoy)
- **hos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hos)
- **Hom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hom)
- **hor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hor)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hsi)
- **HOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hov)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-home)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hope)
- **hour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hour)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-holy)
- **host** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-host)
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hong)
- **hook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hook)

## Common misspellings (5)
`hholi`, `hloi`, `hoil`, `holli`, `ohli`

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