Which to use
“family” is a noun and “hola” is a phrase - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #48,229
- “hola” frequency rank
- 55988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | hola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | hallo |
Letter map: family vs hola
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and hola apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against hola's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - family and hola
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: family is anoun and holaaphrase. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, 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 55988, this pair ranks #957,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of family vs hola
Shared letters: al. Private to "family": fimy. Private to "hola": ho.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "hola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "family" vs "hola" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "family" and "hola". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" 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 #957,948 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" 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 #957,948 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.