hol

noun

The verdict

“hol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,528 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,528
frequency rank, Portuguese
995
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que saguão

Key facts for hol
PropertyValue
Headwordhol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#86,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hol” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hol lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,528 among 995 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que saguão".

No misspelling variants are generated for hol in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is hol, spelled H-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que saguão

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hol"?
"hol" is spelled H-O-L.
What does "hol" mean?
As a noun, "hol" means: o mesmo que saguão
What language does "hol" come from?
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Using “hol”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list