HöfevsholaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#16,734
“Höfe” frequency rank
#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
64963
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Höfe hola
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Hof hallo

Letter map: Höfe vs hola

Shared letters muted; letters that set Höfe and hola apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Höfe and hola follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
Höfe
4 ch
hola

Grammar separator: Höfe vs hola

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Höfe is anoun and holaaphrase. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Höfe is recorded at frequency rank #16,734, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈhøːfə]. 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 64963, this pair ranks #623,244 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Höfe vs hola

Shared letters: h. Private to "Höfe": efö. Private to "hola": alo.

"Höfe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Höfe" and "hola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Höfe" is a noun and "hola" a phrase, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Höfe" or "hola"?
"Höfe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,734 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Höfe" and "hola".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Höfe" 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 #623,244 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Höfe" 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 #623,244 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