hohlvsholaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#18,281
“hohl” frequency rank
#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
66510
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hohl hola
Definition ohne Inhalt hallo

Letter map: hohl vs hola

Shared letters muted; letters that set hohl and hola apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hohl (CVCC) and hola (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
hohl
4 ch
hola

Grammar separator: hohl vs hola

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hohl is anadjective and holaaphrase. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hohl is recorded at frequency rank #18,281, classified as anadj, pronounced [hoːl]. 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 66510, this pair ranks #570,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hohl vs hola

Shared letters: hlo. Private to "hohl": -. Private to "hola": a.

"hohl" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hohl ← hhohl · hhol · hohhl · hohll · holh · ohhl
  • hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hohl" and "hola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hohl" is an adjective and "hola" a phrase, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hohl" vs "hola" - which ranks higher?
"hohl" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,281 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "hohl" and "hola". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hohl" 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 #570,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hohl" 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 #570,818 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