holavsHoseTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#48,229
“hola” frequency rank
#2,968
“Hose” frequency rank
51197
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hola Hose
Definition hallo Kleidungsstück, das den Körper unterhalb der Taille (bis zu den Füßen) bedeckt und dabei jedes Bein einzeln umschließt. Der Plural ist auch für den Singular gebräuchlich, da eine Hose aus zwei Schläuchen (Hosen) besteht (vergleiche die Herkunft).

Letter map: hola vs Hose

Shared letters muted; letters that set hola and Hose apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. hola and Hose 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
Hose

Part-of-speech tell for hola / Hose

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hola is aphrase and Hoseanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hola is recorded at frequency rank #48,229, classified as aphrase, pronounced […]. Hose is at rank #2,968, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈhoːzə].

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 51197, this pair ranks #1,144,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hola vs Hose

Shared letters: ho. Private to "hola": al. Private to "Hose": es.

"hola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Hose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hola ← hhola · hloa · hoal · holla · ohla
  • Hose ← hhose · hoes · hosse · hsoe · ohse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "hola" and "Hose" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hola" is a phrase and "Hose" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hola" vs "Hose" - which ranks higher?
"Hose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,968 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "hola" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,144,754 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hola" and "Hose" 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 #1,144,754 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