Which to use
“ho” is a pronoun and “hold” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,490
- “ho” frequency rank
- #13,098
- “hold” frequency rank
- 21588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ho | hold |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o | lua, satélite natural da Terra |
Letter map: ho vs hold
Shared letters muted; letters that set ho and hold apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ho / hold
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ho is apronoun and holdanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ho” sits inside “hold”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ho is recorded at frequency rank #8,490, classified as apron. hold is at rank #13,098, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈhold/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21588, this pair ranks #48,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ho vs hold
Shared letters: ho. Private to "ho": -. Private to "hold": dl.
"ho" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hold ← hhold · hlod · hodl · holdd · holld · ohld
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ho" and "hold" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ho" vs "hold" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "ho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hold" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ho" and "hold" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ho vs hui". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #48,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.