HildavsholaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Hilda is a name, hola is a phrase, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Hilda” is a name and “hola” is a phrase - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,686
“Hilda” frequency rank
#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
92915
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Hilda hola
Definition weiblicher Vorname hallo

Letter map: Hilda vs hola

Shared letters muted; letters that set Hilda and hola apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Hilda
4 ch
hola

Role in the sentence - Hilda and hola

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hilda is aname and holaaphrase. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Hilda is recorded at frequency rank #44,686, classified as aname, 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 92915, this pair ranks #26,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Hilda vs hola

Shared letters: ahl. Private to "Hilda": di. Private to "hola": o.

"Hilda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Hildahhilda · hidla · hilad · hildda · hillda · hlida · ihlda
  • holahhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Hilda" and "hola" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Hilda" is a name and "hola" a phrase, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Hilda" or "hola" show up more?
"Hilda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,686 in our German list, against #48,229 for "hola". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Hilda" vs "hola" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Hilda" 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 #26,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Hilda" 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 #26,398 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list