# hej vs hoi

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### hej
*intj · IPA [haɪ] · frequency rank #48,213*
informelle Grußformel

### hoi
*intj · IPA [hɔɪ̯] · frequency rank #41,901*
Ausruf des (freudigen) Erstaunens

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