# Hoyle

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɔɪl/ · frequency rank #46,523

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A hamlet in Heyshott parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU9018).

## Etymology
From Old English halh (“hollow”).

## Easily confused with
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyle-vs-hye)
- **hype** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyle-vs-hype)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoyle-vs-hyde)
- **hoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoe-vs-hoyle)
- **hoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoy-vs-hoyle)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/home-vs-hoyle)
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hope-vs-hoyle)
- **hold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hold-vs-hoyle)
- **holy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holy-vs-hoyle)
- **hole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hole-vs-hoyle)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hose-vs-hoyle)
- **holt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holt-vs-hoyle)
- **hale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hale-vs-hoyle)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/howe-vs-hoyle)
- **howl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/howl-vs-hoyle)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hone-vs-hoyle)
- **hola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hola-vs-hoyle)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hove-vs-hoyle)
- **holm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holm-vs-hoyle)
- **Holi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holi-vs-hoyle)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhoyle`, `holye`, `hoyel`, `hoylle`, `hoyyle`, `hyole`, `ohyle`

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