holavsHomoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
#7,933
“Homo” frequency rank
56162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hola Homo
Definition hallo Homosexueller

Letter map: hola vs Homo

Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and Homo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hola and Homo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
hola
4 ch
Homo

Grammar separator: hola vs Homo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and Homoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. Homo is at rank #7,933, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhoːmo].

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 56162, this pair ranks #951,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs Homo

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hola": al. Private to "Homo": m.

"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Homo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla
  • Homo ← hhomo · hmoo · hommo · hoom · ohmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hola" for "Homo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hola" is a phrase and "Homo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hola" vs "Homo" - which ranks higher?
"Homo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,933 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Homo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #951,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hola" and "Homo" 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 #951,040 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