hola vs hör, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank: #2,601
“hör” frequency rank: 50830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	hola	hör
Definition	hallo	2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hören

Letter map: hola vs hör

Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and hör apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch

hola

3 ch

hör

Role in the sentence - hola and hör

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and höraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. hör is at rank #2,601, tagged as averb, pronounced [høːɐ̯].

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 50830, this pair ranks #1,158,786 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs hör

Shared letters: h. Private to "hola": alo. Private to "hör": rö.

"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hör" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which is more common, "hola" or "hör"?

"hör" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,601 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 "hör" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,158,786 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"hola" and "hör" 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 #1,158,786 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.