# hello vs Holly

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Holly
*name · IPA [ˈhɒli] · frequency rank #23,986*
weiblicher Vorname

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