holavshopplaConfusable pair

Quick tell: hola is a phrase, hoppla is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
#33,647
“hoppla” frequency rank
81876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hola hoppla
Definition hallo Ausruf der Überraschung, bei einem Versehen

Letter map: hola vs hoppla

Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and hoppla apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hola runs 4 letters (CVCV) against hoppla's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hola
6 ch
hoppla

Part-of-speech tell for hola / hoppla

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and hopplaanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. hoppla is at rank #33,647, tagged as anintj, pronounced [ˈhɔpla].

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 81876, this pair ranks #167,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs hoppla

Shared letters: ahlo. Private to "hola": -. Private to "hoppla": p.

"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "hoppla" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla
  • hoppla ← hhoppla · hopla · hoplpa · hoppal · hopplla · hpopla · ohppla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hola" and "hoppla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hola" is a phrase and "hoppla" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hola" vs "hoppla" - which ranks higher?
"hoppla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,647 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 "hola" and "hoppla". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hoppla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hola" and "hoppla" 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 #167,403 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