hol

noun

The verdict

“hol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,528 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,528
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que saguão

Corpus desk

Index PT-hol · hol · Portuguese

hol · rank #86,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,528
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH imperícia

Nearest frequency peer: imperícia (+9 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “hol”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hol” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hol
PropertyValue
Headwordhol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#86,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hol” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.holcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “imperícia” (#86,537), “indubitável” (#86,548), “Guianas” (#86,506). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hol” fica em #86,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,528 among 409 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nenhuma novidade até aqui, o inusitado acontece quando o olhar narrativo atravessa as paredes do quarto e surpreende uma outra cena, colhida em outra noite, o encontro escondido de Elza e Tanaka no hol.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list