Which to use
“energy” is a noun and “hola” is a phrase - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,353
- “energy” frequency rank
- #48,229
- “hola” frequency rank
- 56582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | energy | hola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie | hallo |
Letter map: energy vs hola
Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and hola apart highlighted. No shared letter run. energy runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against hola's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for energy / hola
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: energy is anoun and holaaphrase. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hola is at rank #48,229, tagged as aphrase, pronounced […].
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 56582, this pair ranks #934,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of energy vs hola
Shared letters: none. Private to "energy": egnry. Private to "hola": ahlo.
"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "energy" for "hola" ever safe?
Which is more common, "energy" or "hola"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "energy" and "hola".
- Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #934,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "energy" and "hola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hola vs puzzles". 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 #934,704 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.