aldavsalohaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: alda is a noun, aloha is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“alda” is a noun and “aloha” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,005
“alda” frequency rank
#49,453
“aloha” frequency rank
90458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alda aloha
Definition (große, hohe) Welle, Wellengang aloha

Where the eye mixes alda and aloha

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
alda
5 ch
aloha

Look-alike desk: alda vs aloha

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alda is [ˈalda] while aloha is [aˈlɔxa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alda is recorded at frequency rank #41,005, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈalda]. aloha is at rank #49,453, tagged as anintj, pronounced [aˈlɔxa].

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 90458, this pair ranks #46,815 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of alda vs aloha

Shared letters: al. Private to "alda": d. Private to "aloha": ho.

"alda" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "aloha" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aldaadla · alad · aldda · allda
  • alohaalhoa · alloha · aloah · alohha · aolha · laoha

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "alda" and "aloha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "alda" is a noun and "aloha" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "alda" or "aloha" show up more?
"alda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,005 in our German list, against #49,453 for "aloha". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aloha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,815 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alda" and "aloha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aloha vs Arosa". 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 #46,815 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list