Which to use
“ho” is a pronoun and “hole” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,490
- “ho” frequency rank
- #26,052
- “hole” frequency rank
- 34542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ho | hole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o | buraco |
Letter map: ho vs hole
Shared letters muted; letters that set ho and hole apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ho runs 2 letters (CV) against hole's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ho / hole
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ho is apronoun and holeanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ho” sits inside “hole”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ho is recorded at frequency rank #8,490, classified as apron. hole is at rank #26,052, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hoʊl/.
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 34542, this pair ranks #32,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ho vs hole
Shared letters: ho. Private to "ho": -. Private to "hole": el.
"ho" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hole ← hhole · hloe · hoel · holle · ohle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ho" and "hole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ho" or "hole"?
After this comparison
You've compared "ho" and "hole". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ho" and "hole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hebe vs hole". 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 #32,686 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.