# Hallo vs hello

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hallo
*noun · IPA [haˈloː] · frequency rank #749*
lautes Rufen; fröhliches, lautes Durcheinander

### hello
*phrase · IPA [həˈləʊ] · frequency rank #17,324*
hallo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/hallo-vs-hello