hola vs Holz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank: #1,925
“Holz” frequency rank: 50154
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hola	Holz
Definition	hallo	aus Zellulose und Lignin bestehende Masse eines Baumes

Letter map: hola vs Holz

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

4 ch

hola

4 ch

Holz

Role in the sentence - hola and Holz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and Holzanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “hola” becomes z in “Holz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. Holz is at rank #1,925, tagged as anoun, pronounced [hɔlt͡s].

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 50154, this pair ranks #1,184,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs Holz

Shared letters: hlo. Private to "hola": a. Private to "Holz": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla
Holz ← hholz · hloz · hollz · holzz · hozl · ohlz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hola" and "Holz" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hola" is a phrase and "Holz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "hola" vs "Holz" - which ranks higher?

"Holz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,925 in our German list, against #48,229 for "hola". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Holz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,184,581 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hola" and "Holz" 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 #1,184,581 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.